VERS NONSENSIQUES
a Potsdam, les totaux absteneurs, Comme tant d"autres t.i.totalleurs, Sont gloutons, omnivores, Nasorubicolores, Grands manchons, et terribles duffeurs.
Un vieux due (le meilleur des epoux) Demandait (en lui tatant le pouls) a sa vielle d.u.c.h.esse (Qu"un vieux catarrhe oppresse):-- "Et ton the, t"a-t-il ote ta toux?"
II naquit pres de Choisy-le-Roi; Le Latin lui causait de l"effroi; Et les Mathematiques Lui donnaient des coliques, Et le Grec l"enrhumait. Ce fut moi.
Il etait un gendarme, a Nanteuil, Qui n"avait qu"une dent et qu"un oeil; Mais cet oeil solitaire Etait plein de mystere; Cette dent, d"importance et d"orgueil.
"Ca.s.sez-vous, ca.s.sez-vous, ca.s.sez-vous, O mer, sur vos froids gris calloux!"
Ainsi traduisit Laure Au profit d"Isadore (Bon jeune homme, at son futur epoux.)
Un marin naufrage (de Doncastre) Pour priere, an milieu du desastre Repetait a genoux Ces mots simples et doux:-- "Scintillez, scintillez, pet.i.t astre!"
_George du Maurier_.
There was a young man of Cohoes, Wore tar on the end of his nose; When asked why he done it, He said for the fun it Afforded the men of Cohoes.
_Robert J. Burdette_.
I"d rather have habits than clothes, For that"s where my intellect shows.
And as for my hair, Do you think I should care To comb it at night with my toes?
I"d rather have ears than a nose, I"d rather have fingers than toes, But as for my hair: I"m glad it"s all there; I"ll be awfully sad when it goes.
I wish that my Room had a Floor; I don"t so much care for a Door, But this walking around Without touching the ground Is getting to be quite a bore!
_Gelett Burgess_.
H was an indigent Hen, Who picked up a corn now and then; She had but one leg On which she could peg, And behind her left ear was a wen.
_Bruce Porter_.
Cleopatra, who thought they maligned her, Resolved to reform and be kinder; "If, when pettish," she said, "I should knock off your head, Won"t you give me some gentle reminder?"
_Newton Mackintosh_.
When that Seint George hadde sleyne ye draggon, He sate him down furninst a flaggon; And, wit ye well, Within a spell He had a bien plaisaunt jag on.
_Anonymous_.
There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a Tiger; They came back from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the Tiger.
_Anonymous_.
There was a young maid who said, "Why Can"t I look in my ear with my eye?
If I give my mind to it, I"m sure I can do it, You never can tell till you try."
_Anonymous_.