William Cosmo Monkhouse



                   Limericks


                   There once was a girl of Lahore,
                   The same shape behind as before;
                      As no one knew where
                      To offer a chair,
                   She had to sit down on the floor.

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                   There once was an old man of Lyme
                   Who married three wives at a time,
                      When asked, "Why a third?"
                      He replied, "One's absurd!
                   And bigamy, sir, is a crime."

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                   There was a young lady named Laura,
                   Who went to the wilds of Angora,
                      She came back on a goat
                      With a beautiful coat,
                   And notes of the fauna and flora.

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                   There once was an old monk of Basing,
                   Whose salads were something amazing;
                      But he told his confessor
                      That Nebuchadnezzar
                   Had given him hints upon grazing.


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