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I knew a Cappadocian
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| I knew a Cappadocian written by Alfred Edward Housman |
| 1997. |
I knew a Cappadocian
Who fell in the Ocean:
His mother came and took him out
With tokens of emotion.
She also had a daughter
Who fell into the Water:
At any rate she would have fallen
If someone hadn't caught her.
The second son went frantic
And fell in the Atlantic:
His parent reached the spot too late
To check her offspring's antic.
Her grief was then terrific:
She fell in the Pacific,
Exclaiming with her latest breath
"I have been too prolific."
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