How two famous trav'lers, who never have met,
Set out for some place (and have not arrived yet!);
How a man had three sons: to the first one he gave
One-third of what he from the others could save;
The others both shared, in a figurative way
(Those boys haven't a cent of their cash to this day!);
How a person had four casks: the first of which, filled
From the second, left four-sevenths of what was not spilled
(I always stopped right in the midst of my tasks,
To guess at the taste of the stuff in those casks);