Not a murmur was heard

Lure of the Limerick

"I must leave here," said Lady De Vere,
"For these damp airs don't suit me, I fear."
    Said her friend: "Goodness me!
    If they don't agree
With your system, why eat pears, my dear?"



There was a young girl from Darjeeling
Who could dance with such exquisite feeling.
    Not a murmur was heard,
    Not a sound, not a word,
Save for fly buttons hitting the ceiling.


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