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There was a young lady named Laura

Monkhouse, William Cosmo (1840 - 1901)

Original Text: 
Cosmo Monkhouse, Nonsense Rhymes (London: R. Brimley Johnson, n.d.). Illustrated by Gilbert Chesterton. No pagination. 12315.ccc.50 British Library
1There was a young lady named Laura,
2Who went to the wilds of Angora,
3    She came back on a goat
4    With a beautiful coat,
5And notes of the fauna and flora.
Publication Start Year: 
1902
RPO poem Editors: 
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition: 
RPO 2001.
Form: 
limerick