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The Quangle Wangle's Hat

4/9/2018

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The Quangle Wangle’s Hat
 
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
     The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
     On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
     With ribbons and bibbons on every side,
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
     So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

The Quangle Wangle said
     To himself on the Crumpetty Tree,
“Jam, and jelly, and bread
     Are the best of food for me!
But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree
     The plainer than ever it seems to me
That very few people come this way
     And that life on the whole is far from gay!”
Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.

But there came to the Crumpetty Tree
     Mr. and Mrs. Canary;
And they said, “Did ever you see
     Any spot so charmingly airy?
May we build a nest on your lovely Hat?
     Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
O please let us come and build a nest
     Of whatever material suits you best,
Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree
     Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;
The Snail and the Bumble-Bee,
     The Frog and the Fimble Fowl
(The Fimble Fowl, with a Corkscrew leg);
     And all of them said, “We humbly beg
We may build our homes on your lovely Hat, -
     Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

And the Golden Grouse came there,
     And the Pobble who has no toes,
And the small Olympian bear,
     And the Dong with a luminous nose.
And the Blue Baboon who played the flute,
     And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute,
And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, -
     All came and built on the lovely Hat
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

And the Quangle Wangle said
     To himself on the Crumpetty Tree,
“When all these creatures move
     What a wonderful noise there’ll be!”
And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon
     They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon,
On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree,
     And all were as happy as happy could be,
With the Quangle Wangle Quee.
 
by Edward Lear
 
Edward Lear was born on 12 May 1812 in Halloway, England as one of twenty-one children of a stockbroker and his wife. His childhood was passed in a comfortable home in Highgate, where, because of his epilepsy and asthma, he was educated by his sisters Anne and Sarah. They introduced him to sketching and coloring. He lacked formal training, but his interest and energy made him a skilled draftsman. Edward Lear traveled extensively, including to Egypt and India, as a talented watercolor painter of birds, animals, and landscapes. He made marvelous paintings of parrots and whimsical illustrations for the many limericks he wrote. Edward Lear passed on at 75 years of age on 29 January 1888 in San Remo, Italy. His online memorial can be visited by clicking on Edward Lear.
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