There was an old man of Thermopylæ

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There was an old man of Thermopylæ  (1872)  by Edward Lear

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No. 82 from More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., 1872.

Picture by Edward Lear

 
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 There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
 Who never did anything properly;
 But they said, "If you choose,
 To boil eggs in your shoes,
 You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."

 <Publ. 1846>