There was a Young Lady of Parma

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No. 109 from A Book of Nonsense (1846)

Picture by Edward Lear

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There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, 'Are you dumb?'
She merely said, 'Hum!'
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.

 <Publ. 1846>