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Title: An Alphabet of Celebrities

Author: Oliver Herford

Release Date: September 30, 2007 [EBook #22818]

Language: English

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AN =A=LPHA=B=ET
OF =C=ELEBRITIES

Oliver Herford

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
=1899=

COPYRIGHT 1899 BY
=SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY=
=(INCORPORATED)=
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL

=THE HEINTZEMANN PRESS=
BOSTON U.S.A.

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An Alphabet
of Celebrities

=A='s =A=lbert Edward, well meaning but flighty,
Who invited King =A=rthur, the blameless and mighty,
To meet =A=lcibiades and =A=phrodite.

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=B= is for =B=ernhardt, who fails to awaken
Much feeling in =B=ismarck, =B=arabbas, and =B=acon.

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=C= is =C=olumbus, who tries to explain
How to balance an egg--to the utter disdain
Of =C=onfucius, =C=arlyle, =C=leopatra, and =C=ain.

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=D='s for =D=iogenes, =D=arwin, and =D=ante,
Who delight in the dance Of a =D=arling Bacchante.

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=E= is for =E=dison, making believe
He's invented a clever contrivance for =E=ve,
Who complained that she never could laugh in her sleeve.
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=F= is for =F=ranklin, who fearfully shocks
The feelings of =F=enelon, =F=aber, and =F=ox.

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=G= is =G=odiva, whose great bareback feat
She kindly but firmly declines to repeat,
Though =G=ounod and =G=oldsmith implore a