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There was an Old Person from Gretna
by Edward Lear English
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There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna ;
When they said, “Is it hot?”
He replied, “No, it’s not!”
That mendacious Old Person of Gretna. <Publ. 1846>
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