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.
But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese. - Eugene Field
But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.
- Eugene Field
He is so mean, he won't let his little baby have more than one measle at a time. - Eugene Field
He is so mean, he won't let his little baby have more than one measle at a time.
I never lost a little fish - Yes, I'm free to say. It always was the biggest fish I caught, that got away. - Eugene Field
I never lost a little fish - Yes, I'm free to say. It always was the biggest fish I caught, that got away.
The best of all physiciansIs apple pie and cheese! - Eugene Field
The best of all physiciansIs apple pie and cheese!
Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep. - Eugene Field
Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep.
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 - Eugene Field
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
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away. - Eugene Field
The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.
Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the oth… - Eugene Field
Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the oth…
Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding for… - Eugene Field
Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding for…
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