Edward Lear Quotes
Top 16 wise famous quotes and sayings by Edward Lear
Edward Lear Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Edward Lear on Wise Famous Quotes.
I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.
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.
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.
They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say.
When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights;
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 what can we expect if we haven't any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?
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 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.