• From Punch
    Being a Mathematical Madrigal in the Simplest Form

    CHARMER, on a given straight line,
    And which we will call B C,
    Meeting at a common point A,
    Draw the lines A C, A B.
    But, my sweetest, so arrange it
    That they ’re equal, all the three;
    Then you ’ll find that, in the sequel,
    All their angles, too are equal....