Edward Leartrans. Timothy Adès
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

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