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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Tyre

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;
At the sound of each sweep
She enraptured the deep,
And enchanted the city of Tyre.




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