'Tis strange indeed to hear us plead For selling and for buying When yesterday we said: "Away With all good things but dying."
The world's ago, and we're agog To have our first brief inning; ...  [+]

I sang me a song, a tiny song, A song that was sweet to my soul, And set it a-float on the sea of chance In search of a happy goal.
I said to my song: "Go on, go on And lodge in a tender spot ...  [+]

"Madam," said the negro principal of a public school to an old negro woman who was washing, "I wish your boy to attend my school."

"Whose boy?" asked the old woman as she straightened up and ...  [+]

The Jackal and the Lion were hunting in the jungle. "Brother Lion," said the Jackal, "the young elephant we seek is a good distance away. Well, it is not so far away either, but you see it will run ...  [+]