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Person of Spain,
Who hated all trouble and pain;

So he sate on a chair with his feet in the air,
That umbrageous Old
Person of Spain.

[Illustration]
There was an Old Man who said, "Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?

I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white, But
nobody answers this bell!"
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man with an Owl,
Who continued to bother and
howl;
He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that
Old Man and his Owl.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man in a casement,
Who held up his hands in
amazement;
When they said, "Sir, you'll fall!" he replied, "Not at all!"
That incipient Old Man in a casement.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;

But to make it more nice, he inserted some Mice,
Which refreshed
that Old Person of Ewell.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man of Peru.
Who never knew what he should do;

So he tore off his hair, and behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old
Man of Peru.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I
feared!--
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all
built their nests in my beard."
[Illustration]

There was a Young Lady whose eyes
Were unique as to color and
size;
When she opened them wide, people all turned aside,
And
started away in surprise.
[Illustration]
There was a Young Lady of Ryde,
Whose shoe-strings were seldom
untied;
She purchased some clogs, and some small spotty Dogs,

And frequently walked about Ryde.
[Illustration]
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
Came untied when the birds
sate upon it;
But she said, "I don't care! all the birds in the air
Are
welcome to sit on my bonnet!"
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