Eugene Field Quotes

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night / Sailed off in a wooden shoe - / Sailed on a river of crystal light, / Into a sea of dew. - Eugene Field

The gingham dog and the calico cat, Side by side on the table sat. - Eugene Field

She is continuing a tradition. - Eugene Field

Listen to my tale of woe. - Eugene Field

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. - Eugene Field

I cannot sing the old songs I sang long years ago, And yet I cannot say I'm sad That time hath changed us so, For when I used to sing those songs, My Papa blankety blanked, And Mama took me on her knee And I, alas! was spanked. - Eugene Field

Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs. - Eugene Field

He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace. - Eugene Field

He is so mean, he won't let his little baby have more than one measle at a time. - Eugene Field

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