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There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave all his children a feast; But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such, That it killed that Old Man of the East.

Edward Lear
Children, Men, East
Edward Lear (1994). “Complete Nonsense”, p.59, Wordsworth Editions
There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave all his children a feast; But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such, That it killed that Old Man of the East.