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There was an old person of Bar

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Bar,Who passed all her life in a jar,Which she painted pea-green, to appear more serene,That placid old person of Bar. ...Read more of this...

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There was an Old Person of Sparta

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Sparta,Who had twenty-five sons and one "darter;"He fed them on Snails, and weighed them in scales,That wonderful Person of Sparta. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Bray

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Bray,Who sang through the whole of the dayTo his ducks and his pigs, whom he fed upon figs,That valuable person of Bray. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Newry

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Newry,Whose manners were tinctured with fury;He tore all the rugs, and broke all the jugs,Within twenty miles' distance of Newry. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Florence

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Florence,Who held mutton chops in abhorrence;He purchased a Bustard, and fried him in Mustard,Which choked that old person of Florence. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Nice

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Nice,Whose associates were usually Geese.They walked out together in all sorts of weather,That affable person of Nice! ...Read more of this...

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There was an Old Person of Spain

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Spain,Who hated all trouble and pain;So he sate on a chair with his feet in the air,That umbrageous Old Person of Spain. ...Read more of this...

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High Conspiratorial Person

by Carl Sandburg

 OUT of the testimony of such reluctant lips, out of the oaths and mouths of such scrupulous liars, out of perjurers whose hands swore by God to the white sun before all men,

Out of a rag saturated with smears and smuts gathered from the footbaths of kings and the loin cloths of whores, from the scabs of Babylon and...Read more of this...

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There was a Young Person of Crete

by Edward Lear

There was a Young Person of Crete,Whose toilette was far from complete;She dressed in a sack spickle-speckled with black,That ombliferous Person of Crete. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Brigg

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Brigg,Who purchased no end of a wig;So that only his nose, and the end of his toes,Could be seen when he walked about Brigg. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Down

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Down,Whose face was adorned with a frown;When he opened the door, for one minute or more,He alarmed all the people of Down. ...Read more of this...

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There was an Old Person of Hurst

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Hurst,Who drank when he was not athirst;When they said, "You'll grow fatter!" he answered "What matter?"That globular Person of Hurst. ...Read more of this...

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To Person Guilty

by Ben Jonson

***. ? TO PERSON GUILTY.    GUILTY, be wise ; and though thou know'st the crimes  Be thine, I tax, yet do not own my rhymes ; 'Twere madness in thee, to betray thy fame,  And person to the world; ere I thy name....Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Pisa

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Pisa,Whose daughters did nothing to please her;She dressed them in gray, and banged them all day,Round the walls of the city of Pisa. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Minety

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Minety,Who purchased five hundred and ninetyLarge apples and pears, which he threw unawaresAt the heads of the people of Minety. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Hyde

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Hyde,Who walked by the shore with his bride,Till a Crab who came near fill'd their bosoms with fear,And they said, "Would we'd never left Hyde!" ...Read more of this...

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There was an Old Person of Tring

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Tring,Who embellished his nose with a ring;He gazed at the moon every evening in June,That ecstatic Old Person of Tring. ...Read more of this...

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There was an Old Person of Rheims

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Rheims,Who was troubled with horrible dreams;So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,Which amused that Old Person of Rheims. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Sark

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Sark,Who made an unpleasant remark;But they said, "Don't you see what a brute you must be,You obnoxious old person of Sark!" ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of China

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of China,Whose daughters were Jiska and Dinah,Amelia and Fluffy, Olivia and Chuffy,And all of them settled in China. ...Read more of this...

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There was a young person of Ayr

by Edward Lear

There was a young person of Ayr,Whose head was remarkably square:On the top, in fine weather, she wore a gold feather;Which dazzled the people of Ayr. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Jodd

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Jodd,Whose ways were perplexing and odd;She purchased a whistle, and sate on a thistle,And squeaked to the people of Jodd. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Pinner

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Pinner,As thin as a lath, if not thinner;They dressed him in white, and roll'd him up tight,That elastic old person of Pinner. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Blythe

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Blythe,Who cut up his meat with a scythe;When they said, "Well! I never!" he cried, "Scythes for ever!"That lively old person of Blythe. ...Read more of this...

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There was an old person of Fife

by Edward Lear

There was an old person of Fife,
Who was greatly disgusted with life;
They sang him a ballad, 
and fed him on salad,
Which cured that old person of Fife. ...Read more of this...

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