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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIMERICK, by EDWARD LEAR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There was an old man in a boat
Last Line: That unhappy old man in a boat.
First Line: There was an old man in a boat
Last Line: That unhappy old man in a boat.
There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you ain't!' he was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
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