[Ads-l] Limerick about Stein family with Gertrude, Ep, and Ein

[Mark Mandel]

And a nice little lagniappe in "art-rending".

MAM


On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 7:16 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ...
>

In addition, I found a precursor poem called "Precious Steins" which
> uses the same name-splitting wordplay. It appeared on September 11,
> 1929 in the London humor magazine "Punch". The following were the
> first two verses:
>
> What with Gertrude, Ep and Ein,
> When I hear the name of Stein,
> I go creepy down the spine.
>
> Ein has caught the ether bending,
> Gert has sentences unending,
> Ep is really most art-rending.
>
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