Edward Lear Quotes

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

They danced by the light of the moon.

Fish fiddle de-dee!

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;

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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