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"There lived a sage in days of yore and he a handsome pigtail wore, but wondered much and sorrowed more..."
"because it hung behind him."
"Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, ..."
"that clearly would not be a treat, for you'd be forced to smell your feet."
"And you are certainly not the pine-scented air."
"There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air."
A Puppy's Christmas
Who is "Unknown"?
Gettysburg Address
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, ..."
"but it can never forget what they did here."
"See my rainbow-robe, see my crown of light, ..."
"my glittering form, so airy and bright."
"Dashing fiercely up with a scornful word, ..."
"foolish Bubble broke, but Rock never stirred."
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Who is Jack Prelutsky?
Eldorado
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
"I see from my house by the side of the road, by the side of the highway of life, ..."
"the men who press with the ardor of hope, the men who are faint with the strife."
"And, as his strength failed him at length, he met a pilgrim shadow..."
"'Shadow,' said he, 'where can it be, this land of Eldorado?'"
"Then round and round, and out and in, all day the puzzled sage did spin; ..."
"in vain it mattered not a pin, the pigtail hung behind him."
The Duel
Who is Eugene Field?
The House by the Side of the Road
Who is Sam Walter Foss?
"I also happen to be the shooting star, the evening paper blowing down an alley, ..."
"and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table."
"I catch them and hold them. 'Be good,' I insist."
"They lick me, then run off to see what they've missed."
"I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead and mountains of wearisome height, ..."
"that the road passes on through the long afternoon and stretches away to the night."
The Rock and the Bubble
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
Litany
Who is Billy Collins?
"And, oh! how the gingham and calico flew!"
"Don't fancy I exaggerate - I got my news from the Chinese plate!"
"So they both went slowly down, and walked about the town..."
"with a cheerful bumpy sound, as they toddled round and round."
"It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge, maybe even the pigeon on the general's head, ..."
"but you are not even close to being the field of cornflowers at dusk."
The Table and the Chair
Who is Edward Lear?
A Tragic Story
Who is William Makepeace Thackeray?