<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384564" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Shovel And Tongs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Poker proposed to the shovel<br>That they should be man and wife,<br>'I think,' said he, 'that we could agree<br>As we journey along through life.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Shovel blushed as she answered,<br>'I thank you kindly, Mister,<br>But my promise belongs to the faithful Tongs,<br>So I only can be your sister.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the couple were married<br>The Stove gave the Shovel away;<br>And it seemed too bad that the Poker, poor lad,<br>Was the Tongs' best man on that day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the Poker soon after was wedded<br>To the hearth broom, slender and slick;<br>And 'twas whispered about Mrs. Tongs was put out<br>Because he found comfort so quick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384564" data-title="Shovel And Tongs de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="The Poker proposed to the shovel That they should be man and wife, 'I think,' said he, 'that we could agree As we journey along through life.' The Shovel blushed as she answered, 'I thank you kindly, Mister, But my promise belongs to the faithful..."></div> </div> </div>

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