There was an old man of Thermopylæ
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| No. 82 from More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., 1872. |
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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>
