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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an Old Person of Hurst,
Who drank when he was not athirst;
	When they said, “You’ll grow fatter,”
	He answered, “What matter?”
That globular Person of Hurst.



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There was an Old Person of Ischia
  2. There was an Old Person of Leeds
  3. There was an Old Man with a gong
  4. There was an Old Man in a barge
  5. There was an Old Man in a boat


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