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1812–1888

There was an old man in a tree...

Edward Lear

There was an old man in a tree, Whose whiskers were lovely to see; But the birds of the air pluck'd them perfectly bare, To make themselves nests in that tree.

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There was an old man in a tree... · Edward Lear · Poetry Cove