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Leap Year, by Edward Lear

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Marco Graziosi

From Edward Lear’s Diary, 29 February 1872.

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1 Response to Leap Year, by Edward Lear

  1. Peter Byrne's avatar Peter Byrne says:
    February 29, 2024 at 9:32 am

    Lighter than air
    They-years and gravity defied

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