You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees!The Original Conjuring Cat—(There can be no doubt about that).Please listen to me and don’t scoff. All hisInventions are off his own bat.There’s no such…
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Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple of cats.As knockabout clown, quick-change comedians, tight-rope walkers and acrobatsThey had extensive reputation. They made their home in Victoria Grove—That was…
Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both. Here I am, an old man in a dry month,Being read to by a boy,…
You’ve read of several kinds of Cat,And my opinion now is thatYou should need no interpreterTo understand their character.You now have learned enough to seeThat Cats are much like you…
Malheur a la malheureuse TamiseQui coule si prees du Spectateur.Le directeurConservateurDu SpectateurEmpeste la brise.Les actionnairesReactionnairesDu SpectateurConservateurBras dessus bras dessousFont des toursA pas de loup.Dans un egoutUne petite filleEn guenillesCamardeRegardeLe directeurDu…
O quam te memorem virgo… Stand on the highest pavement of the stair—Lean on a garden urn—Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair—Clasp your flowers to you with a pained…
I The winter evening settles downWith smell of steaks in passageways.Six o’clock.The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a gusty shower wrapsThe grimy scrapsOf withered leaves about your feetAnd newspapers…
I observe: “Our sentimental friend the moon!Or possibly (fantastic, I confess)It may be Prester John’s balloonOr an old battered lantern hung aloftTo light poor travellers to their distress.” She then: “How…
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-laire—nil nisi divinum stabile est; caetera fumus—the gondola stopped, the old palace was there, how charming its grey and pink— goats and monkeys, with such hair too!—so the countess passed…
Ils ont vu les Pays-Bas, ils rentrent a Terre Haute;Mais une nuit d’ete, les voici a Ravenne,A l’aise entre deux draps, chez deux centaines de punaises;La sueur aestivale, et une…