Al Aaraaf
Al Aaraaf Part I. O! Nothing earthly save the ray[Thrown back from flowers] of Beauty’s eye,As in those gardens where the daySprings from the gems of Circassy —O! nothing earthly save the […]
To M —
To M — 1 O! I care not that my earthly lotHath — little of Earth in it —That years of love have been forgotIn the fever of a minute […]
An Acrostic
An Acrostic Elizabeth it is in vain you say“Love not” — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:In vain those words from thee or L. E. L.Zantippe’s talents had […]
X-ing a Paragrab
X-ing a Paragrab As it is well known that the ‘wise men’ came ‘from the East,’ and as Mr. Touch-and-go Bullet-head came from the East, it follows that Mr. Bullet-head […]
Von Kempelen and his Discovery
Von Kempelen and his Discovery After the very minute and elaborate paper by Arago, to say nothing of the summary in ‘Silliman’s Journal,’ with the detailed statement just published by […]
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Truth is stranger than fiction — Old Saying Havingx had occasion, lately, in the course of some oriental investigations, to consult the Tellmenow Isitsöornot, a work which (like […]
Thou Art the Man
Thou art the Man I will now play the Œdipus to the Rattleborough enigma. I will expound to you — as I alone can — the secret of the enginery […]
A Tale of Jerusalem
A Tale of Jerusalem Intensos rigidam in frontem ascendere canos Passus erat. — LUCAN DE CATONE. A bristly bore. — TRANSLATION. “Let us hurry to the walls,” said Abel-Shittim to Buzi-Ben-Levi and Simeon […]
The Spectacles
The Spectacles Many years ago, it was the fashion to ridicule the idea of “love at first sight;” but those who think not less than those who feel deeply, have […]
Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Arm in a Sling
Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Arm in a Sling It’s on my wisiting cards sure enough (and it’s them that’s all o’ pink satin paper) that inny gintleman that plases […]
A Succession of Sundays
A Succession of Sundays “You hard-hearted, dunder-headed, obstinate, rusty, crusty, musty, fusty old savage!” said I, in fancy, one afternoon, to my grand uncle Rumgudgeon — shaking my fist at him […]
Silence — A Fable
Silence. — A Fable. ‘Ενδονσιν δ’ορεων κορνφαι τε και φαραγγες Πρωνες τε και χαραδραι -ALCMAN The mountain pinnacles slumber; valleys, crags and caves are silent. “Listen to me,” said the Demon, as he […]