A Visit from St. Nicholas

Clement Clark Moore

" ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. ... "

-The phrase “not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” is similar to when Francisco said “not a mouse stirring” in Act 1, Scene 1

The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot

Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon,

And they asked me into dinner, to get the beauty of it hot-

HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME

Goodnight Bill. Goodnight Lou. Goodnight May. Goodnight.

Ta ta. Goodnight. Goodnight

Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

-The phrase “Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.” is a copy from when Ophelia said it in Act 4, Scene 5.