Alcuin of York
used talons from a stork
to help him chew
his bar-be-cue:
"'Tis helpful eating pork."
Venerable Bede,
a bookman built for speed,
penn'd tomes in reams --
though now it seems
this Briton couldn't read.
a bookman built for speed,
penn'd tomes in reams --
though now it seems
this Briton couldn't read.
Carolus the Bald
was hairless falsely call'd.
Who'd on him pin
"King Head-'o-Skin"
would see Carolus gall'd.
