Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick), 1871-1927, Young, Ellsworth, [from old catalog] illus · San Francisco, P. Elder and company · leaf 12
lantern down And polished it and lit it —But first he frowned a peevish frown And growled: The wick dont fit it.And then, with pessimistic scan.He sought to find an honest man. Diogenes has long been dead; His search was not well heeded.For no historian has said If ever he succeeded.But theres this… … URIPIDES Euripides, of ancient Greece, Excelled in things dramatic;He could sit down and write a pieceMild tempered or emphatic;The dramatists of modern days — No matter how much they write —Can never equal Rippys w^ays.For he was quite a playwright. When Rippy took his pen in hand The scenes would…
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