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St Ives

by Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Said he, 'I think it's much more fun
Than getting stuck with only one.'




Quotes of the Day

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
• Bertrand Russell


Poems of the Day
  • Henry van Dyke
    A Mile With Me
    by Henry van Dyke
    O who will walk a mile with me Along life's merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, Who dares to laugh out loud and free, And let his frolic fancy play,