THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THERMOPYLÆ - Mary Leapor Poems

 
 

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THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THERMOPYLÆ

There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, "If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."