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Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
--
"The Termite"

 

Ogden Nash

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Henry David Thoreau

 

'Sam, Sam, pick oop tha' musket,'
The Sergeant exclaimed with a roar,
Sam said 'Tha' knocked it doon, reet! then tha'll pick it oop,
Or it'll stay where it is on't floor

 

Stanley Holloway

 

I have found out a gift for my fair;
I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.

 

William Shenstone