Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 07

<h2>THE SIEGE OF DJKLXPRWBZ</h2> <h3>BY IRONQUILL</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Before a Turkish town<br/></span> <span class="i2">The Russians came,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And with huge cannon<br/></span> <span class="i2">Did bombard the same.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">They got up close<br/></span> <span class="i2">And rained fat bombshells down,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And blew out every<br/></span> <span class="i2">Vowel in the town.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And then the Turks,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Becoming somewhat sad,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Surrendered every<br/></span> <span class="i2">Consonant they had.<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1247" id="Page_1247"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />