{"id":6584,"date":"2014-09-29T22:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:48:46","slug":"lewis-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=6584","title":{"rendered":"Edward Lear + Lewis Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a4 \u00a0Edward Lear \u00a0[1812-1888]<\/strong><\/h4>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>There was an Old Man with a beard,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Who said, \u00abIt is just as I feared!\u2014<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Have all built their nests in my beard.\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonsenselit.org\/Lear\/learwk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nonsenselit.org\/Lear\/learwk.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TPN0pqhlrIU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/241164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abThe Duck and the Kangaroo\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u2190<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wbIDjwECPu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47868 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/duckkangaroo.jpg\" alt=\"duck&amp;kangaroo\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/duckkangaroo.jpg 340w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/duckkangaroo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/duckkangaroo-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u221e\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonsenselit.org\/Lear\/ns\/pussy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Owl and the Pussycat<\/a>\u00a0\u2193 [by I. Stravinsky]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgBjc5onfPk\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666\u00a0\u2192 \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonsenselit.org\/Lear\/ns\/jumblies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Jumblies<\/a>\u00bb\u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3_7jHCEMxZY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u03a6 \u00a0\u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/crafts\/miscellaneous\/mlear-alphabetpoem.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alphabet Poem<\/a>\u00bb \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bDKDkWFNRM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A<\/strong> was once an <strong>apple pie<\/strong>,<br \/>\nPidy<br \/>\nWidy<br \/>\nTidy<br \/>\nPidy<br \/>\nNice insidy<br \/>\n<strong>Apple Pie<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBdhm8aQCPw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0 David Attenborough views <strong>Birds<\/strong> \u2191\u00a0 drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A_in_W.jpg\" alt=\"A_in_W\" width=\"171\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A_in_W.jpg 171w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/A_in_W-144x150.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Lewis Carroll \u00a0[1832 &#8211; 1898]<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Read &amp; listen <strong>\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/esl-bits.net\/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks\/Alice\/preview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 \u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/librivox.org\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">each chapter by a <strong>different<\/strong> reader\u2192<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666 \u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabberwocky.com\/carroll\/jabber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Jabberwocky&#8217; <\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0dhJXUX6I4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u2190[poem]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> All mimsy were the borogoves,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00abBeware the Jabberwock, my son!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The frumious Bandersnatch!\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He took his vorpal sword in hand:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Long time the manxome foe he sought\u2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> So rested he by the Tumtum tree,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And stood awhile in thought.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And as in uffish thought he stood,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And burbled as it came!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One, two! One, two! and through and through<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> He left it dead, and with its head<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> He went galumphing back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00abAnd hast thou slain the Jabberwock?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Come to my arms, my beamish boy!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!\u00bb<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> He chortled in his joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> All mimsy were the borogoves,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fGlC5bhhhNY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/through-the-looking-glass-by-lewis-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35861 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_Glass.jpg\" alt=\"L_Glass\" width=\"138\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_Glass.jpg 138w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_Glass-121x150.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022 Read\u00a0<\/strong>sequel\u00a0. . .<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"Through the looking glass\" href=\"http:\/\/etext.lib.virginia.edu\/toc\/modeng\/public\/CarGlas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2190<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Listen\u2192\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/through-the-looking-glass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/through-the-looking-glass\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u03c9 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowness.com\/day\/2013\/10\/11\/3391\/adventures-in-beauty-wonderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adventures in Beauty Wonderland<\/a>\u00a0\u2190<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Japan\u2019s foremost pop artists, <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22482943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Keiichi Tanaami<\/strong>,<\/a> presents a joyfully psychedelic animation inspired by Lewis Carroll\u2019s\u00a0<i>Alice in Wonderland<\/i>, unveiling an underworld of kaleidoscopic cosmetics in the form of perfectly made-up third-eyes and chirping lipstick butterflies.\u00a0\u00a0Tanaami\u2019s resulting Alice takes a trip through an imagined world of beauty and artistic fancy, crossing over into a landscape populated by 100 creatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a4 Edward Lear [1812-1888] There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, \u00abIt is just as I feared!\u2014 Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.\u00bb <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 http:\/\/www.nonsenselit.org\/Lear\/learwk.html<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p> \u2207 \u00abThe Duck and the Kangaroo\u00bb \u2190 <\/p>\n<p> \u221e\u2192 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