There was an Old Person of Basing, <br />Whose presence of mind was amazing; <br />He purchased a steed, <br />Which he rode at full speed, <br />And escaped from the people of Basing.<br /><br />Edward Lear<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/limerick-there-was-an-old-person-of-basing/
