Lines By an Old Fogy / Lines Through a Old Fogy

EastWesterly Review Dada Cluster

Issue 34 * Fall 2014

The EastWestern University Dada Cluster is a society dedicated to using dictionary, grammar and translation tools to "fix" works of literature.

New Version: Lines Through a Old Fogy

I am gratefully that the sun and the moon
  That so highly hangs,
The not claiming hand can extend
  AND throw it from the sky.
If they were not, I am certain however
  A burro that reforms would
Recommend to descend it,
  AND to ignite the world with gas.

Lines By an Old Fogy [Anonymous]

I'm thankful that the sun and moon
  Are both hung up so high,
That no presumptuous hand can stretch
  And pull them from the sky.
If they were not, I have no doubt
  But some reforming ass
Would recommend to take them down
  And light the world with gas.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47528/47528-h/47528-h.htm#Page_348