A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.

'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were read more

'T was brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered read more

How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think him pleasant enough.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.

No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it
solemnly.

He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur read more

He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That's why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.

To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.

To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does
not mis-become a monarch.

Pure love produces pure nonsense.

Pure love produces pure nonsense.