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2 Got chased by a fruitcake all over the globy;
3 aThe fruitcake had nuts,
4 Moby ported a putz,
5 So they dueled to see who'd more macho be.

CHAPTER 12
1 A geek by the name of Aeneas,
2 bWhen he tried to leave Troy went amisseus;
3 cHe struck out for years,
4 But then Romered to cheers,
5 With no mention of Remus or Romulus.

CHAPTER 13
1 A poet named dMilton made Satan
2 Plot our fall into guilton and hatan:
3 Ruing Paradise Lost,
4 eEve and Adam got tossed,
5 Into Entropy's wilton and waitan.

CHAPTER 14
1 fHester Prynne did a sin called gA,
2 hWhich involved something fun in the hay,
3 But fun is B,
4 If it's with a C,
5 iAnd A's worse than B if the C's named D.

CHAPTER 15
1 jA sailor shot an albatross,
2 Earned himself a tempest toss,
3 By guilt was riven,
4 By God forgiven,
5 Then saddened fops the world across.
a.Psom.63.4
b.Pnot.2.2
c.Pnot.2.3
d.Brit.33.1
e.Brit.33.8
f.Dav.11.5
g.Grk.4.11
h.Boul.20.9
i.Psay.5.2-3
j.Psom.18.1
k.Yks.71.1-9
l.Drex.6.1
m.Dav.23.13
n.Yks.19.10
o.Dav.57.6
p.Psong.42.1-5
q.Psom.63.1
r.Dav.48.10
s.Dav.47.23
Ed.78.11
t.Dav.18.5
u.Dav.21.26
v.Psom.20.1-8
w.Drex.6.1
x.Ann.18.17
y.Brit.5.14
z.Dav.41.12
aa.Bub.3.1-3
CHAPTER 16
1 A poor dog of a boy named kHuck,
2 lThought rafting might better his luck;
3 He took mJim the slave,
4 Met more than one knave,
5 nAnd escaped through bad grammar and pluck.

CHAPTER 17
1 A romantic who styled himself oGatsby,
2 pMade a pile selling hooch by the vat, see,
3 qBut he fell for a rDaisy,
4 Went quietly crazy,
5 sThen died in his pool like a patsy.

CHAPTER 18
1 A tmerchant cadged money from uShylock,
2 Begged for time when his luck hove to dry-dock:
3 "A pound of flesh,
4 "Will my coffers refresh,"
5 Jewed Shylock -- till cheated with vsly talk.

CHAPTER 19
1 wA youth joined the Yankees and fled,
2 When the rebs started shooting feds dead,
3 But when battle got graver,
4 xHe grew very much braver,
5 yAnd learned the badge of courage is red.

CHAPTER 20
1 zLord Jim ditched the foundering Patna,
2 Just as if he were any old aaratna,
3 But the ship didn't sink,