And would probably give me the roo-

Matiz." said the Kangaroo.

Said the Duck, "As I sate on the rocks,

I have thought over that completely,

And I bought four pairs of worsted socks

Which fit my web-feet neatly

And to keep out the cold I've bought a cloak

And every day a cigar I'll smoke,

All to follow my own dear true

Love of a Kangaroo!"

Said the Kangaroo, "I'm ready!

All in the moonlight pale;

But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!

And quite at the end of my tail!"

So away they went with a hop and a bound,

And they hopped the whole world three times round;

And who so happy,—O who,

As the Duck and the Kangaroo?

 A LIST OF WORKS BY THE LATE EDWARD LEAR.

In oblong 4to, cloth gilt,

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