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The aquiline snub
English source:
Edward Lear
There was an old man with a nose
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long,
you are certainly wrong,"
That remarkable man with a nose.
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long,
you are certainly wrong,"
That remarkable man with a nose.
Composer
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor. Among his students were Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams.