Education: 1941 v. 1841

> I would not die in winter, When flowers have passed away; But I would sigh my last sigh, In the pleasant month of May.

> Ok! I want to go to Heaven in an old Ford car,

But the gosh darned thing won't go that far.

Oh! I want to go to Heaven and I want to go right

So I'm going to Heaven on the tail of a kite.

The difference between these two poems is just one century. The first dates from 1841. Published last week was an anthology of poems, stories and art work...

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