rm,
To wear over all
In the snow or the storm.

u!

What a nice upper-coat!

V

[Illustration]

V was a veil
With a border upon it,
And a ribbon to tie it
All round a pink bonnet.

v!

Pretty green veil!

W

[Illustration]

W was a watch,
Where, in letters of gold,
The hour of the day
You might always behold.

w!

Beautiful watch!

X

[Illustration]

X was King Xerxes,
Who wore on his head
A mighty large turban,
Green, yellow, and red.

x!

Look at King Xerxes!

Y

[Illustration]

Y was a yak,
From the land of Thibet:
Except his white tail,
He was all black as jet.

y!

Look at the yak!

Z

[Illustration]

Z was a zebra,
All striped white and black;
And if he were tame,
You might ride on his back.

z!

Pretty striped zebra!

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MORE NONSENSE

Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.

by

EDWARD LEAR

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CONTENTS.

NONSENSE BOTANY

ONE HUNDRED NONSENSE PICTURES AND RHYMES

TWENTY-SIX NONSENSE RHYMES AND PICTURES

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INTRODUCTION.

In offering this little book--the third of its kind--to the public, I am
glad to take the opportunity of recording the pleasure I have received at
the appreciation its predecessors have met with, as attested by their wide
circulation, and by the universally kind notices of them from the Press. To
have been the means of administering innocent mirth to thousands, may
surely be a just motive for satisfaction, and an excuse for grateful
expression.

At the same time, I am desirous of adding a few words as to the history of
the two previously published volumes, and more particularly of the first or
original "Book of Nonsense," relating to which many absurd reports have
crept into circulation, such as that it was the composition of the late
Lord Brougham, the late Earl of Derby, etc.; that the rhymes and pictures
are by different persons; or that the whole have a symbolical meaning,
etc.; whereas, every one of the Rhymes was composed by myself, and every
one of the Illustrations drawn by my own hand at the time the verses were
made. Moreover, in no portion of t