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Poem by William Cosmo Monkhouse


Limerick: There Was a Young Lady of Wilts


There was a young lady of Wilts,
Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;
When they said it was shocking
To show so much stocking
She answered: "Then what about kilts?"



William Cosmo Monkhouse


William Cosmo Monkhouse's other poems:
  1. The Churchyard
  2. De Libris
  3. Twin-Growth
  4. Limerick: There Once Was a Girl of Lahore
  5. The Spectrum


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