'Gozo my child is the isle of Calypso' (Edward Lear)

Gozo mychild is the isle of Calypso

That naughtyyoung woman who made egg flip so

And all daylong with a spoon did sip so,

And everymorn in the sea did dip so

WhereonUlysses seeing her strip so

And all ofher beautiful ringlets drip so

From herbeautiful head to her beautiful hipso

Because hercurls she would never clip so,

--  Tookto staying away from his ship so,

And she hismariners all did trip so

And fed themwith chickens that had the pip so

For fear heshould ever give her the slip so

And over theocean start for a trip so

    Singing – (with peculiar sweetness --) "This is

I who havewheedled the wily Ulysses,

With kurlsand cobwebs and kustards and kisses

    Gip so, whip so, crip so, and quip so

    Flip so, bip so, rip so and zip so –

          O naughty Calypso!

Which hasmade the little hills for to skip so!”

Key:  

Upper: Arnold Böcklin, Odysseus By The Sea, 1869

 

Lower: Arnold Böcklin, Odysseus and Calypso, 1883