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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 18:04:45 EDT
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On p. 158 of  An Almanac of Words at Play , by Willard Espy, I find

     John                  Dame May               Oscar
     Was Gay               Was Whitty             Was Wilde
     But Gerard Hopkins    But John Greenleaf     But Thornton
     Was Manley            Was Whittier           Was Wilder


Here are some I made up:

     Jubal                 When Max               Grant
     Was Early             Was Born,              Wood
     But Matthew           Max                    But Immanuel
     Was Prior             Was Baer               Kant


     Arthur                Gypsy Lee              Andy
     Got Balfour           Rose                   Was Devine
     But a Homer's         When Alexander         But the Lord
     A Homer               Calder                 Was Acton


Here's a pure example:        ****************************************
                              *  I think there is an entertainer     *
     Bobby                    *  named Leslie Cann.  If so, we have  *
     Is Short                 *  the rather macabre:                 *
     But Frank                *                                      *
     Is Shorter               *       Natalie                        *
                              *       Wood                           *
                              *       But Leslie                     *
                              *       Cann                           *
                              *                                      *
                              ****************************************

               Gordon Fisher