Here you will find the Poem A Man Of Many Parts of poet James Whitcomb Riley
It was a man of many parts, Who in his coffer mind Had stored the Classics and the Arts And Sciences combined; The purest gems of poesy Came flashing from his pen-- The wholesome truths of History He gave his fellow men. He knew the stars from 'Dog' to Mars; And he could tell you, too, Their distances--as though the cars Had often checked him through-- And time 'twould take to reach the sun, Or by the 'Milky Way,' Drop in upon the moon, or run The homeward trip, or stay. With Logic at his fingers' ends, Theology in mind, He often entertained his friends Until they died resigned; And with inquiring mind intent Upon Alchemic arts A dynamite experiment-- . . . . . . . A man of many parts!
