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Edward Lear

Edward Lear

Limerick:There Was a Young Lady of Parma

There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, ‘Are you dumb?’
She merely said, ‘Hum!’
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.

#English #Victorians

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