There was an old person of Stroud

There was an old person of Stroud  (1872)  by Edward Lear

No. 21 from More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., 1872.

Picture by Edward Lear

 
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 There was an old person of Stroud,
 Who was horribly jammed in a crowd;
 Some she slew with a kick,
 Some she scrunched with a stick,
 That impulsive old person of Stroud.


 <Publ. 1872>

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