The Punctuation Points one day, In the type case where they lay, Each an earnest pleading pressed To be ruler of the rest. Said the Period, "I'm the end Toward which every line is penned." Cried the Comma, "Nay, but me Printers use most frequently." Bragged the Hyphen, "Lo! I stand With a word in either hand." Screamed the Exclamation, "Fie! All the writers' force am I." Urged the Question Mark in glee, "Don't men always ask for me?" Cried the Colon, "Printers call Me to introduce you all." Semicolon: "Mine the art To hold differing thoughts apart." But the Dash triumphantly Drove the others to the wall. "I'm the only Point," said he, "That the Authors use at all!" |