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1812–1888

There was an Old Man with a beard...

Edward Lear

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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There was an Old Man with a beard... · Edward Lear · Poetry Cove