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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Dorking,

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But its colour and size,
So bedazzled her eyes,
That she very soon went back to Dorking.




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