One and All. November 6, 1880.
There are five other parodies of the same original in the competition, but the two above are the most interesting.
The Revised Version.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,” the nursery rhyme so familiar to everybody, has been revised by a Committee of Eminent Scholars, with the following result:
Shine with irregular, intermitted light,[28] sparkle at intervals, diminutive, luminous, heavenly body.[29]
How I conjecture, with surprise, not unmixed with uncertainty,[30] what you are,
Located, apparently, at such a remote distance[31] from and at a height so vastly superior to this earth, the planet we inhabit.
Similar in general appearance and refractory powers to the precious primitive octahedron crystal of pure carbon,[32] set in the aërial region surrounding the earth.
Merry Folks Library.