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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

Humorous Poems: IV. Ingenuities: Oddities

Physics

William Whewell (1794–1866)

(The Unconscious Poetizing on a Philosopher)

THERE is no force however great

Can stretch a cord however fine

Into a horizontal line

That shall be accurately straight.