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The Book of Nonsense

by Edward Lear

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82

     There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
Who possessed a remarkably fat cur,
His gait and his waddle,
Were held as a model,
To all the fat dogs in Kamschatka.

83

     There was an Old Man of the Coast,
Who placidly sat on a post;
But when it was cold,
He relinquished his hold,
And called for some hot buttered toast.

84

     There was an Old Person of Bangor,
Whose face was distorted with anger;
He tore off his boots,
And subsisted on roots,
That borascible person of Bangor.

85

     There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a horse when he reared;
But they said, “Never mind!
You will fall off behind,
You propitious Old Man with a beard!”

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