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"Oh, a capital ship for an ocean trip,
Was the Walloping Window Blind;
No gale that blew dismayed her crew
Or troubled the captain's mind."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 1-4). . .
Moon Is Shining Bright as Day, The; an Anthology of Good-humored Verse. Ogden Nash, ed. (1953) J. B. Lippincott Company. |
"The night was thick and hazy
When the "Piccadilly Daisy"
Carried down the crew and captain in the sea;
And I think the water downed 'em;
For they never, never found 'em,
And I know they didn't come ashore with me."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 1-6). . .
Poems to Read Aloud. Edward Hodnett, ed. (Rev. ed., 1967) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"we carry home as prizes
Funny bugs, of handy sizes,
Just to give the day a scientific tone."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 40-42). . .
Poems to Read Aloud. Edward Hodnett, ed. (Rev. ed., 1967) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"we cast the vessel ashore
On the Gulliby Isles where the Pooh-pooh smiles,
And the Rumbletum bunders roar."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 26-28). . .
Moon Is Shining Bright as Day, The; an Anthology of Good-humored Verse. Ogden Nash, ed. (1953) J. B. Lippincott Company. |
"We take along a carrot
As refreshment for the parrot,
And a little can of jungleberry tea."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 34-36). . .
Poems to Read Aloud. Edward Hodnett, ed. (Rev. ed., 1967) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"The boatswain's mate was very sedate,
Yet fond of amusement, too;
And he played hopscotch with the starboard watch,
While the captain tickled the crew."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 9-12). . .
Moon Is Shining Bright as Day, The; an Anthology of Good-humored Verse. Ogden Nash, ed. (1953) J. B. Lippincott Company. |
"The captain sat in a commodore's hat
And dined in a royal way
On toasted pigs and pickles and figs
And gummery bread each day."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 17-20). . .
Moon Is Shining Bright as Day, The; an Anthology of Good-humored Verse. Ogden Nash, ed. (1953) J. B. Lippincott Company. |
"I live on toasted lizards,
Prickly pears, and parrot gizzards,
And I'm really very fond of beetle-pie."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. Davy and the Goblin (l. 22-24). . .
Poems to Read Aloud. Edward Hodnett, ed. (Rev. ed., 1967) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"there's never a question
About my digestion—
Anything does for me."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. The Admiral's Caravan (l. 5-7). . .
Oxford Book of Children's Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1973) Oxford University Press. |
"a camel comes handy
Wherever it's sandy—
Anywhere does for me."
Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920), U.S. poet. The Admiral's Caravan (l. 19-21). . .
Oxford Book of Children's Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1973) Oxford University Press. |
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