The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09
EDWARD LIARS NONSENSE.
Z PhiIsssRhIe CsuaRseNsary 90 . NWrser
Glaasse.
From iks Spectacle,

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p,r. .rhsr 81 nOns~uss -Nsussnps Sor
non..n.s ak. va. nh. prlnciple. Ieui.
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NATIVE. and anDlicattons. no wa- attached
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,hougbt of aDplyinx his nonsense. he had
no IiteraTy foibt~. In his mind To saiirize
no uoliiical situation, no rociaI convention,
no ,roraI ,,,lt To ssrVs AZ loyed aon.~ns.
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fonli.h -, th.Ir Irreswl.r form or anthem,
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words ina, were near enough 10 real one.
10 snxResI some fine shade Of meaning
phanIasms fitting about. heavily visible
ve, aIway. eIaive-or without using real
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spoke of IN. -n~nurious. primavaI. DopD.i-
diTiou. paper on " Inch he vas writing.
mi. trai, va. arirs diHersn, from that Of
Lewis carroll " hose ,onRrseatsd inconse-
ouences IN Alice in Wonderland" and
\ hrouah the Leaking Glass are the result,
,f .nch A ,na,heD,stica Al arcnracv of though,
=. enahLnd hi,,, N AnDre,ia,. IN. exsc,
value Of ,nconssousnrs IeaT's Book Of
Nonsense TO take ONLY the hook By which
he 10 best known. illustrates perfectly HE
QUALITIES of univsrsaIity and irre-ponsibil-
i,y since he Dopulsriled the nonsense
rhyme il has been p@rfes ted in form. much
,nore ,nwnn,,ity and technical art has h@en
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has been los, thxn has been RaIn~d. The
FIRST bloom has been brushed OF the fruit.
We all know the simple forv0
Thar. x.s an Ola P,r.oo Of R.nsot
Nne., are "a. di.,oyted Win sns,y,
AZ tor, az M. boots
And suesisted % roots.
Thai oorasrio's refsen OF bsneor
The last line offers conrnsnt On the hrsi
line and 10 almost repetition II IL. But
rarely did ear make hts last line provide
q Ne or eliminating tdea. - In
There ga. an o1a Lady whose folly
Induced her 10 &c In . holly
whegsoa. ~ rhoru
Her dress beng tom.
Nhe Guiekly became msianeasty.
That 10 the form which became the model |
for imitatOrs. 80 Ne have such highly |
.ophisticatsd rhymes 80:
Tb@r, vas a Young lady Of Mo
VINO tried 70 play Hsnaes's Grand Trio
aat her sam YES - aeaaty.
Shs played 10 Andante.
Instead Of allegro con bro
y here the akiII Hss In the neat and eupho- |
mons contrasting Of technical tsrms Mod.
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Who ,red M. po-ar,oa 70 rtpagrats-
Us wished 70 deny
That hts words could Imply
Tire sense that they might SCENT iadtcats.
The same highly wrought touch appear in |
a. ala ,.1x A. nan,
VINO refused TO read crockets's -cles Ke,ly
Nhea they saId ITS the fashioa
m. replIed IN q passion.
4 know and so's Marie CorplH
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