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Sketch by Edward Lear of a man in a boat holding a fishing pole, while balancing an oil lamp on his nose, and the words, Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.
There was an Old Man in a barge,
Whose nose was exceedingly large;
     But in fishing by night,
     It supported a light,
Which helped that old man in a barge.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), ‘One Hundred Nonsense Pictures And Rhymes, limerick 6
 
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