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

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

Edward Lear quotes: They danced by the light of the moon.

They danced by the light of the moon.

Edward Lear quotes: Fish fiddle de-dee!

Fish fiddle de-dee!

Edward Lear quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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 figs, That valuable Person of

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 figs, That valuable Person of Bray.

Edward Lear quotes: They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say.

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 quotes: When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights;

When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights;

Edward Lear quotes: Two old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse.

Two old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse.

Edward Lear quotes: And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. The moon. The moon. They danced by the light of the moon.

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. The moon. The moon. They danced by the light of the moon.

Edward Lear quotes: Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?

Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?

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

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 quotes: It's a fact the whole world knows, That Pobbles are happier without their toes.

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

Edward Lear quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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 perfect delight of Messina.

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 perfect delight of Messina.

Edward Lear quotes: The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea green boat ...

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat ...

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

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