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Each word beginning with the same letter, what is the longest sentence, paragraph, etc. ever written?
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#104330. Asked by zbeckabee. (Apr 02 09 8:01 AM)
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Arpeggionist

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I know of one case where a poem was written with each word beginning with the letter "T". Thomas Tusser composed the 12-line poem "To Thriftiness". It has 95 words:
The thrifty that teacheth the thriving to thrive
Teach timely to traverse, the thing that thou 'trive,
Transferring thy toiling, to timeliness taught,
This teacheth thee temp'rance, to temper thy thought,
Take Trusty (to trust to) that thinkest to thee,
That trustily thriftiness trowleth to thee,
That temper thy travell, to tarry the tide;
This teacheth thy thriftiness, twenty times tryed,
Take thankfull thy talent, thank thankfully those
That thriftily teach thee thy time to transpose.
Troth twice to thee teached, teach twenty times ten,
This trade thou that takest, take thrift to thee then.
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