Excerpt from The Bow-Legged Ghost and Other Stories: A Book of Humorous Sketches, Verses, Dialogues, and Facetious Paragraphs Prose or Verse - or Verse or Prose? - Ever thus the query goes, - Which delight do we prefer - Which the finer - daintier? Each incites a taste that grows - Prose or Verse - or Verse or Prose? Each a lotus-eater's spell Wholly irresistible. All that wit may fashion, free Voiced, or piped in melody, - Prose or Verse - or Verse or Prose - Which of these the mastery knows? 'Twere as wise to question, friend - As of this alluring blend, - The aroma or the rose? - Prose or Verse - or Verse or Prose! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.