Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 446
When they reached the Isle of Nonsense, it was very late at night,So very carefully they moored their bark within a bight;Then started out to find the shore, wherever it might be,But, as they could not see to land, they landed in the sea. 34 THE HAPPY LAND OF YON 315 … The Nonsense people heard their cries, and got them safe to shore, And the king insisted that they stay some days, or even more; And he told such funny stories after supper, every night, They gained thirty pounds between them, and their clothes were all too tight. And then they weighed their anchor…
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