There Was A Young Lady Of Poole

Edward LearEdward Lear

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There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil
By the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.
Edward Lear
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Edward Lear

Edward Lear was a distinguished English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form which he popularized.Beneath the absurd and playful imaginings of his poetry there lurks a melanc…

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