«A knight of old, who pined away / For high adventure in the grand tradition, / Resolved to sally forth and slay / Some ogres, fiends, and such, and send them to perdition. He donned his coat of mail, called for his thoroughbred, / Then hesitated, deeming it his duty / To make a speech bef...»
«2 Over a pier, the first beacon inflamed — / The vanguard of other sea-rangers; / The mariner cried and bared his head; / He sailed with death beside and ahead / In seas, packed with furious dangers. 3 By our doors Great Victory stay... / But how we'll glory her advent? / Let women ...»
«To the memory ol Boris Gorbatov 1. My dear friend is deceased — I am stunned with the grief. / And what am I to do, now my dear friend is gone? / Never thought, never dreamed and would never believe / That without my dear friend I would have to live on. / I was gone, when they took him...»
«The Elephant, one time, became the favorite / Of Leo, King of Beasts. When the others heard of it. / They all began (as usual) trying to figure out / How he had gained the King’s good graces. / “But he’s so dull!” “How plain his face is!” / “And such bad manners — what a lo...»