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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF PHILAE
Last Line: AND OBSERVED ALL THE RUINS OF PHILAE.

There was an Old Person of Philae,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm, when the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.



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