There was an Old Man of Thermopylæ

There was an Old Man of Thermopylæ

There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, “If you choose, 
To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ.”

COMPILED  BY J S BROCA 15TH DECEMBER 2019
LINK:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems
/44607/there-was-an-old-man-of-thermopylae

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