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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG PERSON OF CRETE
Last Line: THAT OMBLIFEROUS PERSON OF CRETE.
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.




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