I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!

Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!

The moon is made of a green cheese.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

You will not be a chip the richer.

You will not be a chip the richer.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.