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English
1868
So I started in with   "Cackle, cackle, little hen, How I wonder if and when Once you laid the egg that I Met, alas! too late. Amen." SO I STARTED IN WITH CACKLE CACKLE LITTLE HEN HOW I WONDER IF AND WHEN ONCE YOU LAID THE EGG THAT I MET ALAS TOO LATE AMEN
ite the best verse in it went something like this-- "Have you heard the groan of a gravelled grouse, Or the snarl of a snaffled snail (Husband or mother, like me, or spouse), Have you lain a-creep in the darkened house Where the wounded wombats wail?" It was quite improbable that anyone had, you know, and that's where it stimulated the imagination and took people out of their narrow, humdrum selves. No one has ever called me narrow or humdrum, but even I felt worked up now and then at the thought of that house with the stricken wombats in it. It simply wasn't nice. But the editors were unanimous in leaving it alone; they said the thing had been done before and done worse, and that the market for that sort of work was extremely limited. It was just on the top of that discouragement that the Duchess wanted me to write something in her album--something Persian, you know, and just a little bit decadent--and I thought a quatrain on an unwholesome egg would meet the requirements of the case. NG IN ANY DEPARTMENT QUITE THE BEST VERSE IN IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAVE YOU HEARD THE GROAN OF A GRAVELLED GROUSE OR THE SNARL OF A SNAFFLED SNAIL HUSBAND OR MOTHER LIKE ME OR SPOUSE HAVE YOU LAY IN A CREEP IN THE DARKENED HOUSE WHERE THE WOUNDED WAMBATS WAIL IT WAS QUITE IMPROBABLE THAT ANY ONE HAD YOU KNOW AND THAT'S WHERE IT STIMULATED THE IMAGINATION AND TOOK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR NARROW HUMDRUM SELVES NO ONE HAS EVER CALLED ME NARROW OR HUMDRUM BUT EVEN I FELT WORKED UP NOW AND THEN AT THE THOUGHT OF THAT HOUSE WITH THE STRICKEN WAMBATS IN IT IT SIMPLY WASN'T NICE BUT THE EDITORS WERE UNANIMOUS IN LEAVING IT ALONE THEY SAID THE THING HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE AND DONE WORSE AND THAT THE MARKET FOR THAT SORT OF WORK WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED IT WAS JUST ON THE TOP OF THAT DISCOURAGEMENT THAT THE DUCHESS WANTED ME TO WRITE SOMETHING IN HER ALBUM SOMETHING PERSIAN YOU KNOW AND JUST A LITTLE BIT DECADENT AND I THOUGHT A QUATRAIN ON AN UNWHOLESOME EGG WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CASE
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