"The person lies who says he lies When he is not reclining; And when consumptive folks decline, They all decline declining.
"Quails do not quail before a storm. A bow will bow before it; We cannot rein the rain at all, No earthly power reigns o'er it.
"The dyer dyes awhile, then dies— To dye he's always trying; Until upon his dying bed He thinks no more of dyeing.
"A son of Mars mars many a son, All Deys must have their days; And every knight should pray each night To him who weighs his ways.
"'Tis meet that man should mete out meat To feed one's fortune's sun; The fair should fare on love alone, Else one cannot be won.
"Alas, a lass is sometimes false; Of faults a maid is made; Her waist is but a barren waste— Though stayed she is not staid.
"The springs shoot forth each spring and shoots Shoot forward one and all; Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves The leaves to fall in fall.
"I would a story here commence, But you might think it stale; So we'll suppose that we have reached The tail end of our tale."
And here is a zoölogical romance, by C. F. Adams, inspired by an unusual flow of animal spirits:
No sweeter girl ewe ever gnu Than Betty Martin's daughter Sue.