Free Range by Bill Whitehead for September 04, 2011

“As I was saying,” the Other Professor resumed, “if you’ll just think over any Poem, that contains the words—such as.‘Peter is poor,’ said noble Paul,‘And I have always been his friend:And, though my means to give are small,At least I can afford to lend.How few, in this cold age of greed,Do good, except on selfish grounds!But I can feel for Peter’s need,And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!’.How great was Peter’s joy to findHis friend in such a genial vein!How cheerfully the bond he signed,To pay the money back again!‘We ca’n’t,’ said Paul, ‘be too precise:’Tis best to fix the very day:So, by a learned friend’s advice,I’ve made it Noon, the Fourth of May.. . ..This full Lewis Carroll poem may be found in ”http://www.readbookonline.net/read/13814/33476/">_Sylvie and Bruno_.