There was a man so very tall,
That when you spoke you had to bawl
Through both your hands, put like a cup,
His head was such a long way up!
But there was something even sadder,--
His wife had to go up a ladder
Whenever she desired a kiss--
And he, alas, was proud of this!
Said he, “I am the tallest man
That ever grew since time began,”
As down on a house-top he sat;
Well, he _was_ tall; but what of that?
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This monstrous man, as we shall see,
Was punished for his vanity:
He grew and grew,--the people placed
A telescope to see his waist!
He grew and grew--you could not see
Without a telescope his knee;
He grew till he was over-grown,
And seen by over-sight alone!
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