There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"


Book of Nonsense, Limerick 1 (1846).

Edward Lear Quotes

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my...

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my...

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my...

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my...