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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an Old Person of Bromley,
Whose ways were not cheerful or comely;
     He sate in the dust, 
     Eating spiders and crust,
That unpleasing old person of Bromley.



Edward Lear


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


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