“As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? Anonymous: Nursery Rhymes
“As I was going up the stair I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today. I wish, I wish he’d stay away.Hughes Mearns
“What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.Sir Thomas Browne
“Who said “Peacock Pie”? The old king to the sparrow: Who said “Crops are ripe”? Rust to the harrow. Walter de la Mare