Eugene Field

“ Lesson XXXI.
wood′en shoe mist′y hĕr′ring ruf′fled where ev′er twink′ling foam fish′er men dreamed skies trun′dle-bed
'Twas means it was. They'd means they did.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,—
Sailed on a river of misty light
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to hunt for the herring-fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod. ”