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The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

- Clement C. Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith [full text]

In a bower that was merry with smilax
From the grimace of no-where, I woke
I was born on the first day of April
And they called me a jungle joke.

- Albert Bigelow Paine, The Autobiography of a Monkey (1897) illustrated by HY Mayer [full text]