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Apr 24Liked by Joseph Bottum

An old favorite, along with a number of Edward Lear's.

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Apr 24Liked by Joseph Bottum

I love this poem. I was recently watching a murder mystery about ghosts and hauntings, and at one point the detective quoted it -- made me laugh! I didn't know anything about the author (the poem just seemed to be in the air about me growing up) -- I'm sorry the rest of what he did couldn't have given us as much pleasure.

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Apr 24Liked by Sally Thomas, Joseph Bottum

I had no idea about the history behind this rhyme. Author looks exactly like Karl Barth.

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Good catch. A mislabeled Univ. of Chicago photo has led us astray. I've deleted the picture.

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Apr 25Liked by Joseph Bottum

Wow! I thought it was just a surprising resemblance, largely due to the glasses

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