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Facts and Fancies for the Curious

by Charles C. Bombaugh

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Not Distinguishable

At a rubber of whist an Englishman grave
Said he couldn’t distinguish a king from a knave,
  His eyes were so dim and benighted;
A Yankee observed that he needn’t complain,
For the thing has been often attempted in vain
  By eyes that were very clear-sighted.

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