A Nonsense Anthology

by Unknown

INDEX OF TITLES

ABSTEMIA Gelett Burgess
Abstrosophy Gelett Burgess
Aestivation O. W. Holmes
Ahkond of Swat, The Edward Lear
Alone
As with my Hat upon my Head Dr. Johnson
Auld Wife, The C. S. Calverley
Aunt Eliza Col. D. Streamer
Autumn Leaves, The

BABY AND MARY
Ballade of the Nurserie John Twig
Ballad of Bedlam
Ballad of High Endeavor, A
Ballad with an Ancient Refrain
Bison, The Hilaire Relloc
Bloated Biggaboon, The H. Cholmondeley-Pennell
Blue Moonshine Francis G. Stokes
Boy, The Eugene Field
Bulbul, The Owen Seaman
Buz, quoth the Blue Fly Ben Jonson

CENTIPEDE, A
Chimpanzee, The Oliver Herford
Chronicle, A
Classic Ode, A Charles Battell Loomis
Cobbe's Prophecies
Cock and the Bull, The C. S. Calverley
Collusion between a Alegaiter and a Water-Snaik
J. W. Morris
Companions C. S. Calverley
Cossimbazar Henry S. Leigh
Cow, The Oliver Herford
Cruise of the "P. C.", The
Cumberbunce, The Paul West

DARWINITY Herman Merivale
Dinkey-Bird, The Eugene Field
Dirge of the Moolla of Kotal George T. Lanigan

ELDERLY GENTLEMAN, THE George Canning
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog Oliver Goldsmith
Elegy on Madam Blaize Oliver Goldsmith

FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY Thomas Hood
Famous Ballad of the Jubilee Cup, The
A. T. Stiller-Couch
Father William
Ferdinando and Elvira W. S. Gilbert
Fin de Siecle Newton Mackintosh
Flamingo, The Lewis Gaylord Clark
Forcing a Way
Frangipanni
Frog, The Hilaire Belloc

GENERAL JOHN W. S. Gilbert
Gentle Alice Brown W. S. Gilbert
Great Man, A Oliver Goldsmith
Guinea Pig, The

HEN, THE Oliver Herford
Her Dairy Peter Newell
Here is the Tale Anthony C. Deane
Her Polka Dots Peter Newell
Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell, The
A. C. Swinburne
Hippopotamus, The Oliver Herford
Holiday Task, A Gilbert Abbott a Becket
Hunting of the Snark, The Lewis Carroll
Hyder iddle diddle dell
Hymn to the Sunrise

IF
If Half the Road
If a Man who Turnips Cries Dr. Johnson
I Love to Stand
Imitation of Wordsworth Catharine M. Fanshawe
Impetuous Samuel Col. D. Streamer
Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly
Edward Lear
Indifference
In Immemorian Cuthbert Bede
In the Dumps
In the Gloaming James C. Bayles
In the Night
Invisible Bridge, The Gelett Burgess

JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll
John Jones A. C. Swinburne
Jumblies, The Edward Lear

KEN YE AUGHT O' CAPTAIN GROSE Robert Burns
Kindness to Animals J. Ashby-Sterry
King Arthur

LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE, YE Henry A. Beers
Lazy Roof, The Gelett Burgess
Like to the Thundering Tone Bishop Corbet
LIMERICKS:
Cleopatra, who thought they maligned her
Newton Mackintosh
H was an indigent H Bruce Porter
I'd rather have habits than clothes
Gelett Burgess
I wish that my room had a door
Gelett Burgess
There once was a girl of New York
Cosmo Monkhouse
There once was a man who said "How"
There once was an old man of Lyme
Cosmo Monkhouse
There once was a person of Benin
Cosmo Monkhouse
There was a dear lady of Eden
There was a gay damsel of Lynn
There was an old man in a tree
Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Kamschatka
Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Leghorn
Edward Lear
There was an old man of St. Bees
W. S. Gilbert
There was an old man of Thermopylae
Edward Lear
There was an old man who said "Do"
There was an Old Man who said "Hush"
Edward Lear
There was an Old Man who supposed
Edward Lear
There was an old person of Ware
Edward Lear
There was an old person of Wick
Edward Lear
There was an old person of Woking
Edward Lear
There was an old stupid who wrote
Walter Parke
There was once a man with a beard
Edward Lear
There was a princess of Bengal
Walter Parke
There was a small boy of Quebec
Rudyard Kipling
There was a young lady of Milton
There was a young lady of Niger
There was a young lady of Wales
There was a young maid who said "Why"
There was a young man at St. Kitts
There was a young man of Cohoes
Robert J. Burdette
There was a young man who was bitten
Walter Parke
Vers Nonsensiques George du Maurier
When that Seint George hadde sleyne ye dragon
Lines by a Fond Lover
Lines by a Medium
Lines by a Person of Quality Alexander Pope
Lines to Miss Florence Huntingdon
Lines to a Young Lady Edward Lear
Little Billee W.M. Thackeray
Little Peach, The
Little Willie
Lobster wooed a Lady Crab, A
Lovers and a Reflection C.S. Calverley
Love Song by a Lunatic
Lugubrious Whing-Whang, The James W. Riley
Lunar Stanzas H.C. Knight

MALUM OPUS J. Appleton Morgan
Man in the Moon, The James W. Riley
Martin Luther at Potsdam Barry Pain
Martin to his Man
Mary Ames
Mary Jane
Master and Man
Mayor of Scuttleton, The Mary Mapes Dodge
Melancholia
Metaphysics Oliver Herford
Minnie and Winnie Lord Tennyson
Misfortunes Col. D. Streamer
Mr. Finney's Turnip
Modern Hiawatha, The
Monkey's Glue, The Goldwin Goldsmith
Monkey's Wedding The
Monsieur McGinté
Moon is up, The
Moorlands of the Not
Mors Iabrochii
Muddled Metaphors Tom Hood, Jr.
My Dream
My Feet Gelett Burgess
My Home
My Recollectest Thoughts Charles E. Carryl

Nephelidia A. C. Swinburne
Noble Tuckman, The Jean Ingelow
Nonsense
Nonsense Thomas Moore
Nonsense Verses Charles Lamb
Not I R.L. Stevenson
Nyum-Nyum, The

Ocean Wanderer, The
Odd to a Krokis
Ode to the Human Heart Laman Blanchard
Of Baiting the Lion Owen Seaman
Oh, my Geraldine F.C. Burnand
Oh, Weary Mother Barry Pain
On the Oxford Carrier John Milton
On the Road Tudor Jenks
Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Edward Lear

PANTHER, THE
Parson Gray Oliver Goldsmith
Parterre, The E. H. Palmer
Personified Sentimental, The Bret Harte
Pessimist, The Ben King
Platypus, The Oliver Herford
Pobble who has no Toes, The Edward Lear
Poor Brother
Poor Dear Grandpapa D'Arcy W. Thompson
Psycholophon Gelett Burgess
Puer ex Jersey
Purple Cow, The Gelett Burgess
Python, The Hilaire Belloc

QUATRAIN

RIDDLE, A
Rollicking Mastodon, The Arthur Macy
Russian and Turk

SAGE COUNSEL A. T. Quiller-Couch
Sailor's Yarn, A James Jeffrey Roche
Sea, The
Sea-Serpent, The Planché
She's All my Fancy Painted Him Lewis Carroll
She Went into the Garden S. Foote
Shipwreck, The E. H. Palmer
Silver Question, The Oliver Herford
Sing for the Garish Eye W. S. Gilbert
Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting, The Guy W. Carryl
Some Geese Oliver Herford
Some Verses to Snaix
Song of Impossibilities William M. Praed
Song of the Screw, The
Song on King William III
Sonnet Found in a Deserted Madhouse
Sorrows of Werther, The W. M. Thackeray
Spirk Troll-Derisive James W. Riley
Story of Cruel Psamtek, The
Story of Prince Agib, The W. S. Gilbert
Story of Pyramid Thothmes
Story of the Wild Huntsman Heinrich Hoffman
Sun, The J. Davis
Sunbeam, The
Superior Nonsense Verses
Susan
Swiss Air Bret Harte
Sylvie and Bruno Lewis Carroll

Tender-Heartedness Col. D. Streamer
Tender Infant, The Dr. Johnson
There was a Frog
There was a Little Girl H. W. Longfellow
There was a Monkey
Three Acres of Land
Three Children
Three Jovial Huntsmen
Threnody George T. Lanigan
Thy Heart
Timid Hortense Peter Newell
Timon of Archimedes Charles Battell Loomis
'Tis Midnight and the Setting Sun
'Tis Sweet to Roam
To Marie
To Mollidusta Planché
Transcendentalism
Trust in Women
Turvey Top
Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee

Uffia Harriet R. White
Uncle Simon and Uncle Jim Artemui Ward
Unsuspected Fact, An Edward Cannon
Uprising See the Fitful Lark

Villon's Straight Tip W. E. Henley

Walloping Window-Blind, The Charles E. Carryl
Walrus and the Carpenter, The Lewis Carroll
Ways and Means Lewis Carroll
Whango Tree, The
What the Prince of I Dreamt H. Cholmondeley-Pennell
When Moonlike ore the Hazure Seas
W.M. Thackeray
Where Avalanches Wail
Wild Flowers Peter Newell
Wonderful Old Man, The
Wreck of the "Julie Plante" W.H. Drummond

Yak, The Hilaire Belloc
Yonghy-Bonghy-BO, The Edward Lear