Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of Vesuvius, Comments

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There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
Who studied the works of Vitruvius;
When the flames burnt his book,
To drinking he took,
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Edward Lear
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Dr Antony Theodore 31 July 2020

When the flames burnt his book, To drinking he took, That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius. took to drinking tony

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M Asim Nehal 06 September 2018

Fantastic one, he is master of this art.....

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Edward Lear

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