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Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Thermopylæ

There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, "If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."

#English #Victorians Limerick

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