3 When the aSheriff repined,
4 And asked if they'd mind,
5 They replied, yes indeed they Sherwood.
CHAPTER 401 A Brown who was Scopes taught bevolution;
2 A Brady who was cBryan led an dinquisition;
3 But Drummond was eDarrow,
4 Armed with fParis's arrow,
5 And his wounding of gGod changed a nation.
CHAPTER 411 hMarlowe wrote of an odd doctor Faustus,
2 iWho dared with the devil to joustus;
3 jGreat power was his goal,
4 kAnd it cost him his soul:
5 lHis fate from a like path should roustus.
CHAPTER 421 A scrivener named mBartleby,
2 Gave his employer a startleby;
3 Refusing to scriven,
4 And even to liven,
5 He expired in a njail of faint heartleby.
CHAPTER 431 A poor dog of a soldier named oFrederick,
2 pThought deserting might be a good trick;
3 He qrowed to the rSwiss,
4 With his pregnant miss,
5 sWho died when life pulled off a better trick.
CHAPTER 441 A tromantic from Yale, uDoctor Diver,
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2 vHad talent to spare in his quiver;
3 But he fell for wNicole,
4 Whose family bankroll,
5 Soon rotted his love and his liver.
CHAPTER 451 xA nasty old skinflint was Silas Marner
2 Who saved all the ygold he could garner;
3 zHis hoard had no rival,
4 Till aaEppie's arrival,
5 bbChanged Marner from miser to filial love earner.
CHAPTER 461 Catherine lived on some heights that were wuthering,
2 Found ccher love for one ddHeathcliff quite smothering:
3 Her story's a riddle,
4 For she died in the middle,
5 So why were more pages worth eemothering?
CHAPTER 471 A rich dog of a boy named ffCheyne
2 Fell overboard, then got luck again;
3 ggFishermen saved him,
4 hhAnd completely remade him,
5 From iispoiled cur to jjcourageous captain.
CHAPTER 481 kkMaria and llTony were most unfortunate:
2 mmLoved by each other but not by fate,
3 They wanted to marry,
4 nnBut plans miscarried,
5 And their oogangs concluded their feud too late.
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