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<ins class="caption">EURIPIDES</ins> <div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="images/i_009.jpg" height-obs="640" width-obs="229" alt="Euripides while writing." /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> Euripides, of ancient Greece, Excelled in things dramatic; He could sit down and write a piece Mild tempered or emphatic; The dramatists of modern days— No matter how much they write— Can never equal Rippy's ways, For he was quite a playwright. </div> <div class="stanza"> When Rippy took his pen in hand The scenes would flow like magic; Though humor came at his command His penchant was the tragic; He often wrote a little speech That was extremely pleasant— His jests were lasting—all and each Are still used at the present. </div> <div class="stanza"> Euripides was serious— He thought he had a mission. He said, "By writing thus and thus I'll elevate the Grecian." However, though he oft produced His works in manner spurty, He never wrote a thing to boost The vogue of ten, twent', thirty. </div> <div class="stanza"> In fact, his works could have been played In goodly style with no girls— He never used the soubrette maid Or based his play on show girls; And, this for old Euripides: In none of all his dramas Did he observe the modern pleas For chorus in pajamas. </div> <div class="stanza"> Euripides was Athens' Fitch Or her Augustus Thomas— It's really hard to say just which, But he was full of promise. It's time that Rippy had his due And got his share of glory, For royalties he never knew And no press agent's story. </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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