Sunday 7 September 2014

'The Pobble who had no toes'

'The Pobble who had no toes' an illustration by John Vernon Lord 
in The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear, Jonathan Cape, 1984 and republished in 2012.
The Text:
II
The Pobble who has no toes,
      Swam across the Bristol Channel;
But before he set out he wrapped his nose,
      In a piece of scarlet flannel.
For his Aunt Jobiska said, 'No harm
'Can come to his toes if his nose is warm;
'And it's perfectly known that a Pobble's toes
'Are safe, -- provided he minds his nose.'
III
The Pobble swam fast and well
      And when boats or ships came near him
He tinkedly-binkledy-winkled a bell
      So that all the world could hear him.

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