- 1. The Impetuous Breeze And The Diplomatic Sun
A Boston man an ulster had,
An ulster with a cape that fluttered:
It smacked his face, and made him mad,
And polyglot remarks he uttered:
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- 2. How Much Fortunatus Could Do With A Cap
Fortunatus, a fisherman Dane,
Set out on a sudden for Spain,
Because, runs the story,
He'd met with a hoary
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- 3. The Pampered Lapdog And The Misguided Ass
A woolly little terrier pup
Gave vent to yelps distressing,
Whereat his mistress took him up
And soothed him with caressing,
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- 4. The Persevering Tortoise And The Pretentious Hare
Once a turtle, finding plenty
In seclusion to bewitch,
Lived a dolce far niente
Kind of life within a ditch;
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- 5. How Beauty Contrived To Get Square With The Beast
Miss Guinevere Platt
Was so beautiful that
She couldn't remember the day
When one of her swains
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- 6. How A Fisherman Corked Up His Foe In A Jar
A fisherman lived on the shore,
(It's a habit that fishers affect,)
And his life was a hideous bore:
He had nothing to do but collect
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- 7. The Microscopic Trout And The Machiavelian Fisherman
A fisher was casting his flies in a brook,
According to laws of such sciences,
With a patented reel and a patented hook
And a number of other appliances;
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