. St. Nicholas [serial] . By Carolyn Wells. These two Elizabethans here you seeAre noblemen of very high degree; The taller of the two Is Sir Braggart Blusteroo,And the other is Lord Big-wig Blusteree. Lord Big-wig was just spoiling for a fight,So he ridiculed his friends excessive height; And he said, You look, by jingo ! Like that lanky-legged flamingo ! And Sir Braggart was so angry, he turned white. He retorted, I would give a thousand pound,If a bird that looks like you could but be found! Now his every angry word Was plainly overheardBy two more Elizabethans standing round. They were rus
. St. Nicholas [serial] . By Carolyn Wells. These two Elizabethans here you seeAre noblemen of very high degree; The taller of the two Is Sir Braggart Blusteroo,And the other is Lord Big-wig Blusteree. Lord Big-wig was just spoiling for a fight,So he ridiculed his friends excessive height; And he said, You look, by jingo ! Like that lanky-legged flamingo ! And Sir Braggart was so angry, he turned white. He retorted, I would give a thousand pound,If a bird that looks like you could but be found! Now his every angry word Was plainly overheardBy two more Elizabethans standing round. They were rustic country yokels, were these two; They had neither wealth nor title, but they knewWhere to find a feathered creatureWith Lord Big-wigs form and feature, And for it to a market-stall they THE FOOLISH ELIZABETHANS. 70I They took it to the noble fighting fops (Sir Braggart paid a price above the shops); Then said, Big-wig, you re like that! Silly as a goose, and fat! And Lord Blusteree was just as mad as hops!. Now that is what Elizabethan folksConsidered just the wittiest sort of jokes!There s an unauthentic rumorThat they had a sense of humor,But I believe the statement is a hoax. THE PENCIL BEWITCHED.
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