Edward Lear

12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888 / London / England

Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of The Nile,

There was an Old Man of the Nile,
Who sharpened his nails with a file,
Till he cut out his thumbs,
And said calmly, 'This comes
Of sharpening one's nails with a file!'
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