Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIMERICK, by EDWARD LEAR



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First Line: There was an old man in a tree
Last Line: It's a regular brute of a bee!'


There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
He replied, 'Yes, it does!
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'






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