Below the high Cathedral stairs,
Lie the remains of Agnes Pears.
Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears.
But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.


Diary, entry for 20 April 1887

Edward Lear Quotes

Below the high Cathedral stairs, Lie the remains of Agnes Pears. Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears. But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.

Below the high Cathedral stairs, Lie the remains of Agnes Pears. Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears. But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.

Below the high Cathedral stairs, Lie the remains of Agnes Pears. Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears. But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.

Below the high Cathedral stairs, Lie the remains of Agnes Pears. Her name was Wiggs; it was not Pears. But Pears was put to rhyme with stairs.