Edward Lear Poems

O my aged Uncle Arly!
Sitting on a heap of Barley
Thro' the silent hours of night,
Close beside a leafy thicket:
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He lived at Dingle Bank - he did; -
He lived at Dingle Bank;
And in his garden was one Quail,
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There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But its colour and size,
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A was an ant
Who seldom stood still,
And who made a nice house
In the side of a hill.
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There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair,
And behaved like a bear,
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There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat on a doorway;
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, 'What of that?'
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There was a Young Lady in White,
Who looked out at the depths of the Night;
But the birds of the air
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The was a Young Lady of Bute,
Who played on a silver-gilt flute;
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Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
'Good gracious! how you hop!
Over the fields and the water too,
As if you never would stop!
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