Edward Lear Short Quotes

25 Sourced Quotes

View all Edward Lear Quotes
Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akond of Swat?

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

Edward Lear
He has gone to fish, for his Aunt Jobiska's
Runcible Cat with crimson whiskers!

Edward Lear
It's a fact the whole world knows,
That Pebbles are happier without their toes.

Edward Lear
"Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

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

Edward Lear
I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.

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
And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?

Edward Lear
What will happen to me, as the oyster said when he very inadvertently swallowed the gooseberry bush, nobody can tell.

Edward Lear
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.

Edward Lear
His mind is concrete and fastidious,
His nose is remarkably big;
His visage is more or less hideous,
His beard it resembles a wig.

Edward Lear
And if you voz to see my roziz As is a boon to all men's noziz, - You'd fall upon your back and scream - '" Lawk! O criky! it's a dream!"

Edward Lear
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.

Edward Lear
Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee!
We think no Birds so happy as we!
Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill!
We think so then, and we thought so still.

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
The Pobble who has no toes
Had once as many as we;
When they said, "Some day you may lose them all;"—
He replied, — "Fish fiddle de-dee!"

Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady of Poole, Whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil, by the aid of some oil, That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.

Edward Lear
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think him pleasant enough.

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 he heard a Lady talking,
To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,—
'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!
On that little heap of stones
Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!

Edward Lear
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!"

Edward Lear
I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.

Edward Lear
There was a Young Person in pink, Who called out for something to drink; But they said, 'O my daughter, there's nothing but water!' Which vexed that Young Person in pink.

Edward Lear
Calico Jam,
The little Fish swam,
Over the syllabub sea,
He took off his hat,
To the Sole and the Sprat,
And the Willeby-Wat,—
But he never came back to me!

Edward Lear