Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 07

<h2>NONSENSE VERSES</h2> <h3>BY GELETT BURGESS</h3> <h3>1</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The Window has Four little Panes:<br/></span> <span class="i2">But One have I;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Window-Panes are in its sash,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">I wonder why!<br/></span></div> </div> <h3>2</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My Feet they haul me 'round the House;<br/></span> <span class="i2">They hoist me up the Stairs;<br/></span> <span class="i0">I only have to steer them and<br/></span> <span class="i2">They ride me everywheres.<br/></span></div> </div> <h3>3</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Remarkable truly, is Art!<br/></span> <span class="i0">See&mdash;Elliptical wheels on a Cart!<br/></span> <span class="i2">It looks very fair<br/></span> <span class="i2">In the Picture up there;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But imagine the Ride when you start!<br/></span></div> </div> <h3>4</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I'd rather have fingers than Toes;<br/></span> <span class="i0">I'd rather have Ears than a Nose<br/></span> <span class="i2">And as for my hair,<br/></span> <span class="i2">I'm glad it's all there,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I'll be awfully sad when it goes!<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1245" id="Page_1245"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <h3>5</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I wish that my Room had a floor;<br/></span> <span class="i0">I don't so much care for a Door,<br/></span> <span class="i2">But this walking around<br/></span> <span class="i2">Without touching the ground<br/></span> <span class="i0">Is getting to be quite a bore!<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1246" id="Page_1246"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />