The Giant
AND
Other Nonsense Verse
BY
ALBERT W. SMITH
ANDRUS & CHURCH ITHACA, N. Y. 1910
Copyright, 1910 by Albert W. Smith. Copyright, 1911 by Albert W. Smith.
To Ruby Alpheus Dorothy and Ruth.
Contents:
THE GIANT THE ARCTIC BALL A TROPICAL AFTERNOON TEA THE TIDES NIGHT AND DAY FUNNYLAND A MARSH LYRIC THE BOY AND THE BASILISK RETRIBUTION WHY THE SEA IS SALT OVERDONE THE WEST WIND THE NORTH WIND HOW IT HAPPENED THE FIRST MIST TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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NIGHT AND DAY
[1] Some critic now will surely say:— “How could they think of dawn when they Had never been where it was day?” Their shiftless forbears may have pined In dawn-land, and with debts behind Have gone where they were hard to find. So, gentle critic, be content. This hope of dawn was surely sent By atavistic accident.
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A MARSH LYRIC
With humble apologies to the Shade of Edward Lear.
WHY THE SEA IS SALT
AN OLD STORY. Long ago the water was fresh that now is salt in the seven seas.
[2] The critics here will stop and tell How devils haven’t souls to sell.
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