Poems by Edward Lear
Limerick: There was an Old Person of Bangor
... Whose face was distorted with anger! ...
The New Vestments
... -- His Drawers were of Rabit-skins, -- but it is not known whose ...
Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Russia
... Who screamed so that no one could hush her ...
Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Sweden
... But thought she should go back to Sweden ...
Limerick:There was an Old Person of Berlin
... So they baked that Old Man of Berlin ...
Limerick:There was an Old Person of Anerley
... Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly ...
The Pelican Chorus
... - - She dwells by the streams of the Chankly Bore, ...
Limerick: There was an old Lady of Winchelsea
... - That exhaustive old Lady of Winchelsea! ...
Limerick: There was an Old Man of Thermopylae
... You shall never remain in Thermopylæ ...
Limerick:There was an Old Person from Gretna
... That mendacious Old Person of Gretna ...
Limerick:There was an Old Person of Ewell
... Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell ...
Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Troy,
... And some she took with her to Troy ...
Limerick: There was an Old Person of Basing
... And escaped from the people of Basing ...
The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs
... VI They rode through the street, and they rode by the station, ...
Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose nose
... Was so long that it reached to her toes ...
