Theophilus Thistler (An Exercise in Vowels)

An exercise in vowels

Theophilus Thistler the thistle sifter,

In sifting a sieveful of unsifted thistles thrust three thousand

Thistles through the thick of his thumb.

Robert Rowley rolled a round a rolled round,

And if Robert Rowley rolled a round a rolled round,

Where is the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round?

Dividing and gliding and sliding,

And falling and brawling and sprawling,

And driving and riving

And striving.

Hardly had his hale highness heard the easy hedgehog,

When he hit the humming-bee by the

Hunter, who had horrible beetles in the human hall.

I love to hear the horses hard iron hooves, go

Hammer, hammer hammer, hammer hammer, on the easy highway.

I hit my horse hard and hurried

Him out to hunt up hogs.