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Limerick: There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
So blind that he couldn't his foot see;
When they said, 'That's your toe,'
He replied, 'Is it so?'
That doubtful Old Man of th' Abruzzi.




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