An imitation of Longfellow’s
“The Arrow and the Song.”
I flung a pipe into the air,
And it fell down, I knew not where;
For many folks were near to me,
And so I did not stay to see.
I spun a quid up in the air,
And that fell down, I knew not where;
For ’twould require the strongest sight
To follow a quid in its erring flight.
Shortly I found my pipe again,