105. There was an Old Man at a casement...

Перевод:
Сев в оконном проёме, старик
Вскинул руки и замер на миг;
"Он вот-вот упадёт!" - всполошился народ;
"Не дождётесь!" - ответил шутник.

Edward Lear. A Book of Nonsense

There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;
When they said, "Sir, you'll fall!" he replied, "Not at all!"
That incipient Old Man at a casement.


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