Eugene Field Quotes

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

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe, - Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew.

When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"

Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs.

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