There was an Old Person of Ischia,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
He danced hornpipes and jigs, and ate thousands of figs,
That lively Old Person of Ischia
Edward Lear
An Old Person Of Ischia
Filed Under: Limericks by Edward Lear
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