20 ordspråk av Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear föddes den
May 12th 1812 och dog den 29 January
1888 - of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. 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.
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And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,/ And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart.
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And who so happy,- O who, / As the Duck and the Kangaroo?
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Ere the days of his pilgrimage vanish, How pleasant to know Mr
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I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.
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In spite of all their friends could say, / On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, / In a sieve they went to sea!
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In spite of all their friends could say, / On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, / In a sieve they went to sea!
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It's a fact the whole world knows, / That Pobbles are happier without their toes.
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Serve up in a clean dish, and throw the whole out of the window as fast as possible.
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The Dong!- the Dong! / The wandering Dong through the forest goes! / The Dong!- the Dong! / The Dong with a luminous Nose!
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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.
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The Owl and the Pussycat,
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The Pobble who has no toes / Had once as many as we; / When they said, `Some day you may lose them all'; / He replied - `Fish fiddle de-dee!'
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There was an old Man who said, `Hush! / I perceive a young bird in this bush!' / When they said, `Is it small?' / He replied, `Not at all!/ It is four times as big as the bush!'
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There was an old man with a beard, Who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard
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