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Der Turm

»Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came«

Edward Lear im Insektenfieber |5|

There was an Old Person of Skye,
Who waltz’d with a Bluebottle fly;
They buzz’d a sweet tune,
To the light of the moon,
And entranced all the people of Skye.

Edward Lear im Insektenfieber |4|

There was an Old Person of Rye,
Who went up to town on a fly;
but they said, ‘If you cough,
You are safe to fall off!,
You abstemious Old Person of Rye!’

Edward Lear im Insektenfieber |3|

There was an Old Person in black,
A Grasshopper jumped on his back;
When it chirped in his ear,
He was smitten with fear,
That helpless Old Person in black.

Weisheit, Eintracht und Botanik

Ja, so ist er; der Botanische Garten zu Göttingen.

Edward Lear im Insektenfieber |2|

There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Whom several large flies did annoy;
Some she killed with a thump,
Some she drowned at the pump,
And some she took with her to Troy.

Levitation zu Pferde |2|

Edouard Manet: Rennen im Bois de Boulogne, 1872, 73×92 cm, Sammlung H.J. Whitney, New York

Edward Lear im Insektenfieber |1|

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, ‘Does it buzz?’
He replied, ‘Yes it does!
It’s a regular brute of a Bee!’

Levitation zu Pferde |1|

Jean Louis Théodore Géricault: Das Derby in Epson, 1821, 91×122 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, Musée du Louvre