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    There was an Old Man on whose nose
    Most birds of the air could repose;
    But they all flew away at the closing of day,
    Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.

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    There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
    Who wept when the weather was murky;
    When the day turned out fine, she ceased to repine,
    That capricious Young Lady of Turkey.

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    There was an Old Man of Aosta
    Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
    But they said, “Don’t you see she has run up a tree,
    You invidious Old Man of Aosta?”

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    There was a Young Person of Crete,
    Whose toilette was far from complete;
    She dressed in a sack spickle-speckled with black,
    That ombliferous Person of Crete.

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    There was a Young Lady of Clare,
    Who was madly pursued by a Bear;
    When she found she was tired, she abruptly expired,
    That unfortunate Lady of Clare.

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    There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
    Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
    But its color and size so bedazzled her eyes,
    That she very soon went back to Dorking.

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    There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
    Who wished he had never been born;
    So he sat on a Chair till he died of despair,
    That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.

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    There was an old Person of Cromer,
    Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
    When he found he grew stiff, he jumped over the cliff,
    Which concluded that Person of Cromer.

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    There was an Old Man of the Hague,
    Whose ideas were excessively vague;
    He built a balloon to examine the moon,
    That deluded Old Man of the Hague.

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    There was an Old Person of Spain,
    Who hated all trouble and pain;
    So he sate on a chair with his feet in the air,
    That umbrageous Old Person of Spain.

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    There was an Old Man who said, “Well! 
    Will nobody answer this bell? 
    I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white,
    But nobody answers this bell!”

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    There was an Old Man with an Owl,
    Who continued to bother and howl;
    He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale,
    Which refreshed that Old Man and his Owl.

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    There was an Old Man in a casement,
    Who held up his hands in amazement;
    When they said, “Sir, you’ll fall!” he replied, “Not at all!”
    That incipient Old Man in a casement.

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    There was an Old Person of Ewell,
    Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
    But to make it more nice, he inserted some Mice,
    Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.