For The Moscow News article by Mark Teeter - about how photos with Stalin and his comrades changed over the years, as they all disappeared (including from the photos).
Light the lighthouse!
There was an Old Man of the Cape,
Who possessed a large Barbary Ape;
Till the Ape one dark night,
Set the house on a light,
Which burned that Old Man of the Cape.
E.Lear, 1846
Listen to me, fish
There was a Young Lady of Welling,
Whose praise all the world was a-telling;
She played on the harp,
And caught several carp,
That accomplished Young Lady of Welling.
E.Lear, 1846
Let me fish quietly!
There was a Young Lady of Wales,
Who caught a large fish without scales;
When she lifted her hook,
She exclaimed, "Only look!"
That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales.
E.Lear, 1846
Sitting on a palm tree
There was an Old Person of Philae,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm,
When the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.
E.Lear, 1846
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Fiddler on the shore
There was an Old Man of the Isles,
Whose face was pervaded with smiles;
He sung high dum diddle,
And played on the fiddle,
That amiable Man of the Isles.
E.Lear, 1846
Gulls on poles
Suntanned devil
"I forgot to use the suntan lotion and burned as a lobster" (russian colloquial expression)