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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIMERICK, by EDWARD LEAR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There was an old person of ware
Last Line: "it's a moppsikon floppsikon bear."
First Line: There was an old person of ware
Last Line: "it's a moppsikon floppsikon bear."
There was an Old Person of Ware
Who rode on the back of a bear;
When they said "Does it trot?"
He said: "Certainly not,
It's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear."
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