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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a young man of laconia
Last Line: They buried her 'neath a begonia.
Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers
First Line: There was a young man of laconia
Last Line: They buried her 'neath a begonia.
Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers
There was a young man of Laconia,
Whose mother-in-law had pneumonia;
He hoped for the worst,
And after March first
They buried her 'neath a begonia.
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LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD