Eugene Field — American Poet born on September 02, 1850, died on November 04, 1895

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays... (wikipedia)

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.
He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.
Here we have a baby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs.