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Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

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The Pobble Who Has No Toes
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There Was an Old Man with a Beard 424 Views
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Imitation of The Olden Poets
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Limerick: There Was an Old Man with a Beard 356 Views
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Alphabet Poem
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Dorking, 297 Views
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The Jumblies
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The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs
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Mr. and Mrs.Spikky Sparrow
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The Quangle Wangle's Hat
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Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush! 235 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man with a beard 221 Views
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The Akond of Swat
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Leeds 212 Views
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The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
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Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Nose 203 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Norway, 192 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Peru 186 Views
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The Duck and the Kangaroo
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Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute 178 Views
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The Pelican Chorus
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Nonsense Alphabet
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose chin 167 Views
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There was an old man on the Border 161 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Kilkenny 156 Views
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The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly
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Incidents in the life of my Uncle Arly
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the East 139 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose nose 138 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady in White 135 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man in a boat 134 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Isles 133 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man who, when little 132 Views
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Limerick: There was an old person of Troy 131 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Poole 129 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Vienna 124 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Sailor of Compton 124 Views
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Calicoe Pie
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Ryde 123 Views
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Limerick: The was a Young Lady of Bute 122 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Lady of Chertsey 122 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Derry down Derry,
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Moldavia 119 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Welling 119 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Wrekin 118 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Wales 117 Views
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How pleasant to know Mr. Lear
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Limerick: There was an old man whose despair 116 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man with a owl 116 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Tyre 115 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Mold 115 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Clare 115 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Sweden 115 Views
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There was an Old Man of Calcutta 115 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man at a casement 114 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Bohemia 113 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, 113 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Anerley 113 Views
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The Dong with a Luminous Nose
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He Lived at Dingle Bank
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Jamaica 110 Views
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The New Vestments
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Limerick: There Was an Old Man on a Hill 109 Views
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Mrs Jaypher 109 Views
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Parody of Tennyson'sTo Edward Lear on His Travels in Greece
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady Whose Bonnet 108 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Dee 108 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Burton 106 Views
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The Two Old Bachelors
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Hong Kong 105 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi 105 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Basing 105 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Hull 104 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Turkey 103 Views
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Limerick: There was an old man of Tobago 103 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Tring 102 Views
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There was an Old Man of Thermopylae 102 Views
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Limerick: There Was an Old Man who Supposed 101 Views
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Limerick: There was an old Lady of Winchelsea 100 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of the coast 98 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Wick 97 Views
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Teapots and Quails 97 Views
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There was an Old Man of New York 97 Views
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Limerick: There was an old person of Paxo 96 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Sparta 96 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Philæ, 95 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Parma 95 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Chester 95 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Portugal
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Kildare 94 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Apulia 89 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Rheims 86 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person whose habits, 86 Views
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There was an old person of Nice 86 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Hague 85 Views
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Limerick: There was Old Man in a pew 85 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Coblenz 84 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Lucca 84 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of Calcutta 84 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Cheadle 84 Views
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There was a Young Lady Whose Eyes 82 Views
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Cold are the Crabs
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Limerick: There was a young person whose history 80 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person in Black 80 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of Whitehaven 80 Views
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There Was an Old Man in a Tree 80 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Gong 79 Views
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There Was an Old Lady Whose Folly 77 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Rhodes 76 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Russia 76 Views
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Mr and Mrs Discobbolos
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Limerick:There was an Old Person from Gretna 74 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man on some rocks, 72 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'How 72 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Columbia 67 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of Aôsta 66 Views
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The Cummerbund: An Indian Poem
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The Table And The Chair
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Ems 61 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Person of Crete 59 Views
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The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs
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Limerick: There was an old man who felt pert 58 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Lady of Prague 58 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Dutton 57 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person in Gray 55 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Leghorn 54 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Buda 54 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Dover 54 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Kamschatka 53 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Chili 53 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Troy, 52 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Tartary 52 Views
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Limerick: There Was an Old Man who said, 51 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Corfu 50 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Cape Horn, 49 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Melrose 48 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Nile, 47 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of the Cape 46 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man, on whose nose 46 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the North 45 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Cadiz 45 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Bangor 44 Views
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Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Madras 41 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the South 41 Views
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Limerick:There was a Young Girl of Majorca 41 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Spain 41 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Berlin 39 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Man of Marseilles 35 Views
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Limerick: There was a Young Person of Smyrna, 33 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Nepaul 33 Views
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of the West 33 Views
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Limerick:There was an Old Person of Ewell 32 Views
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Limerick: There was an Ol Man of Quebec 31 Views
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The Owl and the Pussy Cat
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Dundee 29 Views
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Alphabet, No. 6.
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 1. 20 Views
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 10. 17 Views
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The person of Crete 17 Views
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Book Of Nonsense
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Alphabet, No. 5.
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 100. 11 Views
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 103. 10 Views
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Alphabet Poem 1877
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 102. 8 Views
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 104.
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Book Of Nonsense Limerick 101. 7 Views
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