How Much Fortunatus Could Do With A Cap (Guy Wetmore Carryl Poems)
Fortunatus, a fisherman Dane, Set out on a sudden for Spain, Because, runs the story, He'd met with a hoary Mysterious sorcerer chap, Who, trouble ...
Fortunatus, a fisherman Dane, Set out on a sudden for Spain, Because, runs the story, He'd met with a hoary Mysterious sorcerer chap, Who, trouble ...
A metropolitan rat invited His country cousin in town to dine: The country cousin replied, "Delighted." And signed himself, "Sincerely thine." The town rat ...
Albeit wholly penniless,Prince Charming wasn't any lessConceited than a Croesusor a modern millionaire:Though often in necessity,No one would ever guess ...
Once on a time, long years ago(Just when I quite forget),Two maidens lived beside the Po,One blonde and one brunette.The ...
Miss Guinevere PlattWas so beautiful thatShe couldn't remember the dayWhen one of her swainsHadn't taken the painsTo send her a ...
The vainest girls in forty statesWere Gwendolyn and Gladys Gates;They warbled slightly off the air,Romantic German songs,And each of them ...
Once a turtle, finding plenty In seclusion to bewitch, Lived a dolce far niente Kind of life within a ditch; Rivers had no charm ...
To eastward ringing, to westward winging, o'er mapless miles of sea,On winds and tides the gospel rides that the furthermost ...
A rooster once pursued a worm That lingered not to brave him, To see his wretched victim squirm A pleasant thrill it gave ...
Reposing 'neath some spreading trees, A populistic bumpkin Amused himself by offering these Reflections on a pumpkin: "I would not, if the choice were ...
Upon the shore, a mile or more From traffic and confusion, An oyster dwelt, because he felt A longing for seclusion; Said he: "I ...
Once, on a time and in a place Conducive to malaria, There lived a member of the race Of Rana Temporaria; Or, more concisely ...
A gaunt and relentless wolf, possessed Of a quite insatiable thirst, Once paused at a stream to drink and rest, And found that, ...
Little Miss Muffet discovered a tuffet,(Which never occurred to the rest of us)And, as 'twas a June day, and just ...
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