Limericks
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the cat,
And said, 'Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!'
limerick by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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There was an old man whose despair
Induced him to purchase a hare:
Whereon one fine day,
He rode wholly away,
Which partly assuaged his despair.
limerick by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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There was a young lady of Spain
Who couldn't go out in the rain;
For she'd lent her umbrella
To Queen Isabella,
Who never returned it again.
limerick from Punch, or The London Charivari (30 March 1904)
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