Eugene Field
Eugene Field
Eugene Field, Sr.was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 September 1850
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
blessed food night
But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.
wine honest candor
There is a glorious candor in an honest quart of wine, A certain inspitation which I cannot well define.
jail congress statesmen
Some statesmen go to Congress and some go to jail. It is the same thing, after all.
kings fear play
Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.
wings joy heaven
All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it
night sea shoes
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe, - Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew.
wine bird bottles
When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"
american-poet played though
He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.