Edward Lear Quotes

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On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
Two old chairs, and half a candle,—
One old jug without a handle,—
These were all his worldly goods.

Edward Lear

Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear

There was an old man of Thermopylae,
Who never did anything properly.

Edward Lear

Old Foss is the name of his cat:
His body is perfectly spherical,
He weareth a runcible hat.

Edward Lear

He has ears, and two eyes, and ten fingers, Leastways if you reckon two thumbs; Long ago he was one of the singers, But now he is one of the dumbs.

Edward Lear

They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
In a sieve they went to sea;
In spite of all their friends could say.

Edward Lear

Edward Lear

Edward Lear

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Born: May 12, 1812

Died: January 29, 1888 (aged 75)

Bio: Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

Known for:

A book of nonsense (1888)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)
The Quangle Wangle's Hat
Edward Lear in Albania (1851)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies

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