| Edward Lear | trans. Timothy Adès |
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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. |
lasciviores Inarimae, senex, misces choreas, innumerabiles mandis, Pithecusaee, ficus; fersque pedem numeris marinis. |
Trans. copyright: Timothy Adès