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Limerick: There was an old Lady of Winchelsea

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an old Lady of Winchelsea,
Who said, 'If you needle or pin shall see
On the floor of my room,
Sweep it up with the broom!'
- That exhaustive old Lady of Winchelsea!




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