There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.
Edward Lear
An Old Person Of Rheims
Filed Under: Limericks by Edward Lear
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