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At snuff no Cornish sailorman would sneeze
When masons clutch the breath we held on loan
The understanding critic firstly sees
Which neither time nor tide can long postpone
O Parthenon you hold the charger's strings
Filching the lolly country thrift helped save
A daring baron pockets precious Mings
Victorious worms grind all into the grave
Staunch pilgrims longest journeys can't depress
And starve the sniveling baby like a dog
Poor Yorick comes to bury not address
No need to cart such treasures from the fog
Do bank clerks rule their abacus by thumb
The bell tolls fee-less fi-less fo-less fum


Raymond Queneau

Translation to English by Stanley Chapman
found in "Oulipo Compendium"
Atlas 1998, ISBN 0-947757-96-1

Idea and implementation by Magnus Bodin 1997
Produced in the wonderful country of Sweden.