Two Old Bachelors by Edward Lear (1877)
T wo old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse. Said he who caught the Muffin to him who caught the Mouse,-- 'This happens just in time! For we've nothing in the house, 'Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey, 'And what to do for dinner -- since we haven't any money? 'And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner, 'But to loose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?' Said he who caught the Mouse to him who caught the Muffin,-- 'We might cook this little Mouse, if we had only some Stuffin'! 'If we had but Sage andOnion we could do extremely well, 'But how to get that Stuffin' it is difficult to tell'-- Those two old Bachelors ran quickly to the town And asked for Sage and Onions as they wandered up and down; They borrowed two large Onions, but no Sage was to be found In the Shops, or in the Market, or in all the Gardens round. But some o...