THE LIP

One day in half‑slumbrous raving

      Where I saw strange fancies skip,

I saw in a dream, by no light's gleam,

      A man with only one lip -

      Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely,

      Absolutely with only one lip.

I remember well that he had no face

      Nor a nose with a usual tip;

He had nor eyes, nor cheks, nor hair

      But only, only one lip -

      Only one, only one, only one,

      Only one, one, one lip.

Can ye think of it without terror?

      No other lip did slip

Into the vision, nor was it a lack:

      There was only, only one lip.

Could you see him as I you would grow mad.

      That man with only one lip.