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There was a Young Person of Smyrna

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There was a Young Person of Smyrna by Edward Lear

There was a Young Person of Smyrna,Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;But she seized on the Cat, and said, "Granny, burn that!You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"

Form: Limerick

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