Edward Lear Quotes

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• When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights;
• There was an Old Man of Columbia, Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small…
• There was an Old Person of Brussels, Who lived upon Brandy and Mussels; When he rushed through the town, he knocked most people down, Which…
• There was an old man of Orleans, Who was given to eating of beans; Till once out of sport, he swallowed a quart, That dyspeptic…
• I am almost thanking God that I was never educated, for it seems to me that 999 of those who are so, expensively and laboriously,…
• They danced by the light of the moon.
• They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say.
• In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs and half a candle, One old jug without a handle- These were all…
• 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 -…
• A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a…
• There was an Old Person of Bray, Who sang through the whole of the day To his ducks and his pigs, whom he fed upon…
• There was an Old Man of Messina, Whose daughter was named Opsibeena; She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig, To the…
• Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?
• I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.
• What will happen to me, as the oyster said when he very inadvertently swallowed the gooseberry bush, nobody can tell.
• The owl and the pussycat went to sea, / In a beautiful pea green boat. / They took some honey, and plenty of money, /…
• 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…
• 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…
• They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,…
• The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a…

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