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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF CROMER
Last Line: WHICH CONCLUDED THAT PERSON OF CROMER.

There was an Old Person of Cromer,
Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
When he found he grew stiff,
He jumped over the cliff,
Which concluded that Person of Cromer.



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