Poem by Edward Lear

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There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
    But they said, "If you choose, 
    To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."

1. There was an Old Person of Leeds
2. There was an Old Man with a gong
3. There was an Old Man of the Isles
4. There was an Old Person of Ischia
5. There was an Old Man in a boat

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