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1812–1888

There was an old man at a Station...

Edward Lear

There was an old man at a Station, Who made a promiscuous oration; But they said, “Take some snuff!— You have talk'd quite enough, You afflicting old man at a Station!”

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There was an old man at a Station... · Edward Lear · Poetry Cove