A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet.

Let my temptation be a book.

But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.

Books do actually consume air and exhale perfumes.

I never lost a little fish - Yes, I'm free to say. It always was the biggest fish I caught, that got away.

Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod, one night sailed off in a wooden shoe; Sailed off on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew. "Where are you going and what do you wish?" the old moon asked the three. "We've come to fish for the herring fish that live in this beautiful sea. Nets of silver and gold have we," said Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod.

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it