There was a Young Lady of Tyre

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There was a Young Lady of Tyre...
by Edward Lear
No. 79 from A Book of Nonsense (1846)


Picture by Edward Lear

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 There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
 Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;
 At the sound of each sweep
 She enraptured the deep,
 And enchanted the city of Tyre.

 <Publ. 1846>