Signor Topsy-Turvy's wonderful magic lantern or The World turned upside down. By the author of "My Mother," and other poems [Ann and Jane Taylor]. Illustrated with twenty-four engravings |
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THE COOK COOKED.
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THE COOK COOKED.
A hare, who long had hung for dead,
But really brew'd sedition,
Once set a scheme on foot, and said,
She could not take it in her head,
That hares should be nutrition:
But really brew'd sedition,
Once set a scheme on foot, and said,
She could not take it in her head,
That hares should be nutrition:
A turkey next began to speak,
But said her task was harder,
Because the cook had tucked her beak
Behind her wing, for half a week
That she'd been in the larder.
But said her task was harder,
Because the cook had tucked her beak
Behind her wing, for half a week
That she'd been in the larder.
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At length, with some ado she said,
That as for her opinion,
If any prudent plan were laid,
Her latest drop of blood should aid,
To rescue the dominion.
That as for her opinion,
If any prudent plan were laid,
Her latest drop of blood should aid,
To rescue the dominion.
A murmur more than usual grave,
Then issued from an oyster,
Who moaning through a broken stave,
Full many a doleful reason gave,
Against his wooden cloister.
Then issued from an oyster,
Who moaning through a broken stave,
Full many a doleful reason gave,
Against his wooden cloister.
Eels, sliding on a marble shelf,
The growing treason aided;
And e'en a turtle 'woke itself,
To reprobate the cruel pelf,
In callepash that traded.
The growing treason aided;
And e'en a turtle 'woke itself,
To reprobate the cruel pelf,
In callepash that traded.
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So hand and foot, and fin and paw,
In mutual faith were shaken;
And all the patriots made a law,
To murder every cook they saw,
The moment he was taken.
In mutual faith were shaken;
And all the patriots made a law,
To murder every cook they saw,
The moment he was taken.
Ere long a wretched wight was found,
And carried to the kitchen;
The traitor of a jack went round;
The turkey dredg'd, the cook was brown'd,
And chanticleer the banquet crown'd,
With songs the most betwitching.
And carried to the kitchen;
The traitor of a jack went round;
The turkey dredg'd, the cook was brown'd,
And chanticleer the banquet crown'd,
With songs the most betwitching.
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