tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399282577773064439.post6462514325627034409..comments2023-06-11T17:29:23.054+03:00Comments on Cocosse | Journal: Clown in the Moon | Dylan Thomas Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399282577773064439.post-63284560507642873452014-12-08T22:16:01.426+02:002014-12-08T22:16:01.426+02:00Said the Moon to the Sun,
"Is the daylight be...<br /><br />Said the Moon to the Sun,<br />"Is the daylight begun?"<br />Said the Sun to the Moon,<br />"Not a minute too soon."<br />"You're a Full Moon," said he.<br />She replied with a frown,<br />"Well! I never did see<br />So uncivil a clown!"<br />(Query. Why was the moon so angry?)<br /><br /><br />[Solution]<br /><br />"In these degenerate days", we oft hear said,<br />"Manners are lost and chivalry is dead!"<br />No wonder, since in high exalted spheres<br />The same degeneracy, in fact, appears.<br />The Moon, in social matters interfering,<br />Scolded the Sun, when early in appearing;<br />And the rude Sun, her gentle sex ignoring,<br />Called her a fool, thus her pretensions flooring.<br /><br /><br />Lewis Carroll / VI. / Puzzles from Wonderland / 1870<br /><br /><br />-<br /><br /><br />The sun was shining on the sea,<br />Shining with all his might:<br />He did his very best to make<br />The billows smooth and bright--<br />And this was odd, because it was<br />The middle of the night.<br /><br />The moon was shining sulkily,<br />Because she thought the sun<br />Had got no business to be there<br />After the day was done--<br />"It's very rude of him," she said,<br />"To come and spoil the fun!"<br /><br />Lewis Carroll / The Walrus and The Carpenter / excerpt / Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There / Chapter 4 / 1872<br /><br />. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com