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According to the NB column in the May 28 TLS, the first recorded example of a limerick meter and rhyme occurs in a 13th-century prayer:
Si vitiorum meorum evacuatio
Concupiscentiae et libidinis exterminatio,
Caritatis et patientiae,
Humilitatis et obedientiae,
Omniumque virtutum augmentatio.
As NB goes on to say, "It is a curiosity of literary history (first recorded here, we dare say) that the earliest application of the limerick metre should have occurred in a plea to resist all that the limerick became famous for.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 06:18 PM
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