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The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta

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02:58

Milton‘s Musings presents TS Eliot‘s Mr. Mistoffelees

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/11/28

MR. MISTOFFELEES You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat— (There can be no doubt about that). Please listen to me and don't scoff. All his Inventions are off his own bat. There's no such Cat in the metropolis; He holds all the patent monopolies For performing surprising illusions And creating eccentric confusions. At prestidigitation And at legerdemain He'll defy examination And deceive you again. The greatest magicians have something to learn From Mr

02:00

Diana Bendo reads The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/11/24

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat BY EDWARD LEAR I The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!" II Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be

03:50

OF THE AWEFULL BATTLE OF THE PEKES AND THE POLLICLES

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/11/23

OF THE AWEFULL BATTLE OF THE PEKES AND THE POLLICLES Together with some Account of the Participation of the Pugs and the Poms, and the Intervention of the Great Rumpuscat The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows, Are proud and implacable passionate foes; It is always the same, wherever one goes. And the Pugs and the Poms, although most people say That they do not like fighting, yet once in a way, They will now and again join in to the fray And they Bark bark bark

02:59

TS Eliot‘s Old Deuteronomy

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/11/17

OLD DEUTERONOMY Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession. Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives And more—I am tempted to say, ninety-nine; And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives And the village is proud of him in his decline. At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy, When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall, The Oldest

03:12

Milton‘s Musing Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/11/07

MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple of cats. As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians, tight-rope walkers and acrobats They had an extensive reputation. They made their home in Victoria Grove— That was merely their centre of operation, for they were incurably given to rove. They were very well known in Cornwall Gardens, in Launceston Place and in Kensington Square— They had really a

02:17

Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot The Song...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/10/29

THE SONG OF THE JELLICLES Jellicle Cats come out to-night, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright— Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball. Jellicle Cats are black and white, Jellicle Cats are rather small; Jellicle Cats are merry and bright, And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul. Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces, Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes; They like to practise their airs and graces And wait for the Jellicle

02:26

The Rum Tum Tugger

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/10/20

THE RUM TUM TUGGER The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse, If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse. Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat— And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything

05:19

Growltiger‘s Last Stand by TS Eliot

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/10/10

GROWLTIGER'S LAST STAND Growltiger was a Bravo Cat, who travelled on a barge: In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large. From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims, Rejoicing in his title of 'The Terror of the Thames'. His manners and appearance did not calculate to please; His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees; One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why, And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye. The cottagers of Rotherhithe

03:10

Milton‘s Musings Presents Old Possum‘s Book of...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/10/04

THE OLD GUMBIE CAT I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots; Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard spots. All day she sits upon the stair or on the steps or on the mat: She sits and sits and sits and sits—and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat! But when the day's hustle and bustle is done, Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun. And when all the family's in bed and asleep, She tucks up her skirts to the basement to

04:32

Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Naming of...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/28

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - The Naming of Cats by TS Eliot THE NAMING OF CATS The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there's the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey— All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you

03:12

Alphabet Poem by Edward Lear

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/19

Alphabet Poem by Edward Lear A tumbled down, and hurt his Arm, against a bit of wood. B said, "My Boy, O! do not cry' it cannot do you good!" C said, "A Cup of Coffee hot can't do you any harm." D said, "A Doctor should be fetched, and he would cure the arm." E said, "An Egg beat up in milk would quickly make him well." F said, "A Fish, if broiled, might cure, if only by the smell." G said, "Green Gooseberry fool, the best of cures I hold." H said, "His Hat should be

05:40

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/12

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear On the Coast of Coromandel Where the early pumpkins blow, In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs, and half a candle, One old jug without a handle-- These were all his worldly goods, In the middle of the woods, These were all his worldly goods, Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Of the Yonghy-Bonghy Bo. Once, among the Bong-trees walking Where the early pumpkins blow, To a

01:58

The Pronunciation Poem by Trenite

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/06

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you, On hiccough, thorough, lough and through? Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird, And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead – For goodness sake don’t call it deed! Watch out for meat and great and threat (They rhyme with suite and straight and debt). A moth is not a moth in mother, Nor both in

04:47

The Daddy Long Legs and the Fly by Edward Lear

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/05

THE DADDY LONG-LEGS AND THE FLY. I. Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs, Dressed in brown and gray,Walked about upon the sands Upon a summer's day:And there among the pebbles, When the wind was rather cold,He met with Mr. Floppy Fly, All dressed in blue and gold;And, as it was too soon to dine, They drank some periwinkle-wine, And played an hour or two, or more, At battlecock and shuttledore. II. Said Mr. Daddy Long-legs To Mr. Floppy Fly,"Why do you never come to court? I wish you 'd tell me why.All gold and

02:32

The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear read by...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/09/05

THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO. I. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, "Good gracious! how you hopOver the fields, and the water too, As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond; And I long to go out in the world beyond: I wish I could hop like you,"Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. II. "Please give me a ride on your back," Said the Duck to the Kangaroo:"I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack' The whole of the long day through;And we 'd go the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee, Over the

16:37

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens....

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/08/29

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part V: The Duke of York and the beginning of the War of the Roses between Lancaster and York

15:53

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 22...

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/08/22

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 22 part IV: Useless Henry the VI, Jack Cade's Kent Uprising and Death, and the rise of the Duke of York!

10:43

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens....

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/08/15

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part III: Joan of Arc's Capture and Death in 1431

13:13

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens....

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/08/09

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part II. Joan of Arc's victory and Charles the Vii's coronation at Rheims

02:50

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta ·

2021/08/01

Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he

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