Quotes by Eugene Field

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe -
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew.

Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace. [Field was referring to Creston Clarke's performance of King Lear in Denver in 1880.]

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe- Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.

But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple pie and cheese.

A little peach in an orchard grew,- A little peach of emerald hue; Warmed by the sun and wet by the dew, It grew.

It was the biggest fish I caught that got away.