I knew a Cappadocian

I knew a Cappadocian written by Alfred Edward Housman

1997.

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    I knew a Cappadocian
    Who fell in the Ocean:
His mother came and took him out
    With tokens of emotion.

    She also had a daughter
    Who fell into the Water:
At any rate she would have fallen
    If someone hadn't caught her.

    The second son went frantic
    And fell in the Atlantic:
His parent reached the spot too late
    To check her offspring's antic.

    Her grief was then terrific:
    She fell in the Pacific,
Exclaiming with her latest breath
    "I have been too prolific."

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