There was an Old Man of Vesuvius

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There was an Old Man of [Vesuvius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius),
Who studied the works of [Vitruvius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius);
When the flames burnt his book,
To drinking he took,
That morbid Old Man of Vesuvius.