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Edward Lear
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888 / London / England)
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Edward Lear was born in Holloway, London. He father was a stockbroker and he was brought up largely by his sister Ann. He spent his early years first .. more >>
18 poems of Edward Lear
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  ''Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly
Down to the calico tree,
Their wings were blue,
And they sang "Tilly-loo!"
Till away they flew—
And they never came back to me!''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. Calico Pie (l. 1-6). . . Faber Book of Children's Verse, The. Janet Adam Smith, comp. (1953; paperback 1963...
 
  ''\'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 (1812-1888), British poet. How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear (l. 1-4). . . New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner...
 
  ''Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Ahkond of Swat?''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Ahkond of Swat (l. 1-2). . . Faber Book of Nonsense Verse, The. Geoffrey Grigson, ed. (1979) Faber and ...
 
  On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Two old chairs, and half a candle,—
One old jug without a...
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo (l. 1-8). . . Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II...
 
  ''I would be your wife most gladly!'
(Here she twirled her fingers madly)
'But in England I've a mate!
Yes! you've asked me far too late,
For in England I've a mate,''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo (l. 46-50). . . Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-...
 
  ''When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;—''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Dong with a Luminous Nose (l. 1-3). . . New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, The. Christopher Ricks, ed....
 
  ''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 (1812-1888), British poet. The Jumblies (l. 11-14). . . Norton Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II. M. H. Abrams, general...
 
  ''They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Jumblies (l. 1-4). . . Norton Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II. M. H. Abrams, general e...
 
  ''And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Owl and the Pussy-cat (l. 29-30). . . New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ...
 
  ''The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.''
Edward Lear (1812-1888), British poet. The Owl and the Pussy-cat (l. 1-4). . . New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardner, ed...
 

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