Quote#Children
There was once a young man of Oporta
Quote byLewis Carroll · 1832–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Useful and Instructive Poetry (1845), Melodies No. 3.
English (original)
There was once a young man of Oporta, Who daily got shorter and shorter, The reason he said Was the hod on his head Which was filled with the heaviest mortar.
— Lewis Carroll
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