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THE ZEALLESS XYLOGRAPHER; DEDICATED TO THE END OF THE DICTIONARY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A xylographer started to cross the sea
Last Line: In a xanthic xebec went sailing the main.
Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Dictionaries; Sea; Ocean


A XYLOGRAPHER started to cross the sea
By means of a Xanthic Xebec;
But, alas! he sighed for the Zuyder Zee,
And feared he was in for a wreck.
He tried to smile, but all in vain,
Because of a Zygomatic pain;
And as for singing, his cheeriest tone
Reminded him of a Xylophone --
Or else, when the pain would sharper grow,
His notes were as keen as a Zuffolo.
And so it is likely he did not find
On board Xenodochy to his mind.
The fare was poor, and he was sure
Xerofphagy he could not endure;
Zoophagous surely he was, I aver,
This dainty and starving Xylographer.
Xylophagous truly he could not be --
No sickly vegetarian he!
He'd have blubbered like any old Zeuglodon
Had Xerophthalmia not come on.
And the end of it was he never again
In a Xanthic Xebec went sailing the main.





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