http://www.wordnik.com/lists/poetrie-dedicated-to-the-end-of-the-dictionary.xml A <a href="/words/xylographer">xylographer</a> started to cross the sea <br />By means of a <a href="/words/Xanthic">Xanthic</a> <a href="/words/Xebec">Xebec</a>; <br />But, alas! he sighed for the <a href="/words/Zuyder Zee">Zuyder Zee</a>, <br />And feared he was in for a wreck. <br />He tried to smile, but all in vain, <br />Because of a <a href="/words/Zygomatic">Zygomatic</a> pain; <br />And as for singing, his cheeriest tone <br />Reminded him of a <a href="/words/Xylophone">Xylophone</a>– <br />Or else, when the pain would sharper grow, <br />His notes were as keen as a <a href="/words/Zuffolo">Zuffolo</a>. <br />And so it is likely he did not find <br />On board <a href="/words/Xenodochy">Xenodochy</a> to his mind. <br />The fare was poor, and he was sure <br /><a href="/words/Xerophagy">Xerophagy</a> he could not endure; <br /><a href="/words/Zoophagous">Zoophagous</a> surely he was, I aver, <br />This dainty and starving Xylographer. <br /><a href="/words/Xylophagous">Xylophagous</a> truly he could not be– <br />No sickly vegetarian he! <br />He’d have blubbered like any old <a href="/words/Zeuglodon">Zeuglodon</a> <br />Had Xerophthalmia not come on. <br />And the end of it was he never again <br />In a Xanthic Xebec went sailing the main. <br /> <br />– Mary Mapes Dodge, Poems and Verses, 1904 <br /> <br />(Via futilitycloset.com) http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/zuyder zee Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:24:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/zuyder zee