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LIMERICK by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

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First Line: THE REVEREND HENRY WARD BEECHER
Last Line: AND THUS DID THE HEN REWARD BEECHER.
Subject(s): BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887); CLERGY; WRITING & WRITERS; PRIESTS; RABBIS; MINISTERS; BISHOPS;
The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher
Called a hen "a most elegant creature'.
The hen, pleased with that.
Laid two eggs in his hat,
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.




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