Do tell when shall we make common sense men out of the owl-eyed pundits
Out of The Frog-faced stupid old God-born Pundits who lost in a fog-bank
Strut about all along shore there somewhere close by the Down East
Frog Duck Pond munching of pea nuts and pumpkins and buried in big-wigs
Why ask who ever yet saw money made out of a fat old
Jew or downright upright nutmegs out of a pine-knot
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer celebrated for his gothic fiction, poetry, and literary criticism, and is widely regarded as a master of the macabre. Less known than his darker works, "Evangeline" reveals Poe's capacity for biting comic satire, suggesting his contempt for intellectual pretension ran as deep as his fascination with terror.
