There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the Cat, and said, "Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"
Edward Lear
Smyrna
Filed Under: Limericks by Edward Lear
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