A Young Lady of Lynn

There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.

I have an unhealthly love of lymmericks. I like the humor and the rhythm. In this one, the use of the "essayed" is a little unusual--what do you think? What's your favorite lymmerick? Here is one I wrote:

Eye was struck buy lightning last knight
Sew know won can reed what eye right.
It is this weigh
Four my spelling's changed
Tell me if eye'm wrong oar knot write!
~Mr. Paulson