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A GUESS AT THE CONTENTS OF LALLA ROOKH

Sunshine and Moonshine by hook or by crook;

With Bowers, and Flowers, and many a Brook;

Fairy regions which never were dreamt of by Cook;

Rosy lips, rosy cheeks too, and tresses, which, shook

By the amorous breezes, inchantingly look; 5

With bright eyes which glance into every nook,

Speaking language which might even puzzle Horne Tooke,

If Purley his spirit from Pluto could hook;—

In short, you can’t guess what you’ll find in the Book

Which Tom Moore has written, and call’d Lalla Rookh! 10