first poem

columbus sailed the ocean blue napoleon met his waterloo nero fiddled while rome burned joan of arc was roasted to a turn george washington cut down the cherry tree patrick henry wanted to be free abraham lincoln freed the slaves blackbeard rests in a watery grave cleopatra was fond of snakes moses was found in the canebrake isaac newton got hit by an apple jacob with the angel all night did grapple delilah cut poor samsons hair solomon sat in a golden chair benedict arnold was a traitor foul old ben franklin was wise as an owl confucius had a lot to say buddha sat in the shade all day friar tuck and robin hood robbed the bad to feed the good methusaleh lived to be very old jesse james was an outlaw bold bob ford shot jesse in the back all pride and manhood he did lack florence nightingale tended the sick the tower of babel was made of brick noah built an ark in the rain goliath by little david was slain all these things i learned in school i am a barely tolerable fool always keep your powder dry and wait until you see the whites of their eyes