Limerick:There Was An Old Person Of Tartary Poem by Edward Lear

Limerick:There Was An Old Person Of Tartary

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There was an Old Person of Tartary,
Who divided his jugular artery;
But he screeched to his wife,
And she said, 'Oh, my life!
Your death will be felt by all Tartary!'

Edward Lear
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: limerick
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