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 121 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 131 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 141 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 151 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.
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CHAPTER 161 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 171 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 181 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 191 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 201 zLord Jim ditched the foundering Patna,
2 Just as if he were any old aaratna,
3 But the ship didn't sink,
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