ON ONE NOTT
There was a man who was Nott born,
His sire was Nott before him;
He did Nott live, he did Nott die,
His tombstone was Nott o’er him.
ON JOHN SO
So died John So,
So, so, did he so?
So did he live, and So did he die,
So, so, did he so?
So let him lie!
STRANGE SIGHTS
The importance of proper punctuation is very happily illustrated by the following lines:—
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail
I saw a blazing comet pour down hail
I saw a cloud enwrapped with ivy round
I saw an oak tree swallow up a whale
I saw the boundless sea brimful of ale
I saw a Venice glass fifteen feet deep
I saw a well full of mens’ tears that weep
I saw wet eyes among the things that I saw
Were no sore eyes nor any other eye-sore.
A QUAINT INSCRIPTION
There is a curiously constructed inscription over the door of the cloister of the Convent of the Carmelites at Caen, which runs thus:—
| D | di | Si | scap | ac | ab as | ||||||
| um | vus | mon | ulare | cepit | tris. | ||||||
| T | sæ | Dæ | ul | in | in an |