Of Nashwaak, and Magaguadavique, Or Memmerimammericook,— There's none like the Skoodoowabskooksis, Excepting the Skoodoowabskook!
V. NONSENSE. ————
NONSENSE.
Good reader, if you e'er have seen, When Phœbus hastens to his pillow, The mermaids with their tresses green Dancing upon the western billow; If you have seen at twilight dim, When the lone spirit's vesper hymn Floats wild along the winding shore, The fairy train their ringlets weave Glancing along the spangled green; I you have seen all this, and more— God bless me! what a deal you've seen!
THOMAS MOORE.
THE PURPLE COW.
I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I rather see than be one.
PSYCHOLOPHON. [Supposed to be translated from the Old Parsee.]