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Limerick:There was an Old Man with a owl

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail
And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.




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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
• Joseph Conrad


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