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Limerick:There was an Old Person from Gretna

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna;
When they said, 'Is it hot?'
He replied, 'No, it's not!'
That mendacious Old Person of Gretna.




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