The Pelican

"A wonderful bird is a pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week;
But I'm damned if I see how the helican. "
~~ "The Pelican", Dixon Lanire Merrith (1910)

Note that this Mr. Merrith's limerick above is often atributed incorrectly to Ogden Nash.)

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