Poem by Anonymous

Limerick. “A Turk named Abdullah Ben Barum…”

A Turk named Abdullah Ben Barum
Had sixty-five wives in his harem.
	When his favourite horse died,
	“Mighty Allah,” he cried,
“Take a few of my wives. I can spare ’em.”

1. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey
2. The Old Scottish Gentleman
3. The Sun Shines Fair on Carlisle Wall
4. The Banks o’ Glaizart
5. Barthram’s Dirge

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