The Barrister’s Dream They sought it with thimbles, they sough… They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-… They charmed it with smiles and soap.

A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed– Now if you’re ready, Oysters, dear,

‘You are old, father William,’ the youn… ‘And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your he… Do you think, at your age, it is right?’ ‘In my youth,’ father William replied t…

In winter, when the fields are white, I sing this song for your delight. In Spring, when woods are getting green… I’ll try and tell you what I mean. In Summer, when the days are long,

With saddest music all day long She soothed her secret sorrow: At night she sighed “I fear 'twas wrong Such cheerful words to borrow. Dearest, a sweeter, sadder song

She’s all my fancy painted him (I make no idle boast); If he or you had lost a limb, Which would have suffered most? He said that you had been to her,

The Three Voices The First Voice He trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze from off the sea:

“Are you deaf, Father William!” the you… “Did you hear what I told you just now? ”Excuse me for shouting! Don’t waggle y… “Like a blundering, sleepy old cow! ”A little maid dwelling in Wallington T…

From his shoulder Hiawatha Took the camera of rosewood, Made of sliding, folding rosewood; Neatly put it all together. In its case it lay compactly,

HE shouts amain, he shouts again, (Her brother, fierce, as bluff King Hal… “I tell you flat, I shall do that!” She softly whispers “ ‘May’ for ‘shall’… He wistful sighed one eventide

“MY First —but don’t suppose,” he said, “I’m setting you a riddle – Is– if your Victim be in bed, Don’t touch the curtains at his head, But take them in the middle,

“SISTER, sister, go to bed! Go and rest your weary head.” Thus the prudent brother said. “Do you want a battered hide, Or scratches to your face applied?”