There was an Old Man of the Cape,
Who possessed a large Barbary ape,
Till the ape one dark night
Set the house all alight,
Which burned that Old Man of the Cape.
(Edward Lear)
More Poetry from Edward Lear:
- Incidents in the life of my Uncle Arly (Edward Lear Poems)
- Calicoe Pie (Edward Lear Poems)
- He Lived at Dingle Bank (Edward Lear Poems)
- Cold are the Crabs (Edward Lear Poems)
- Limerick: There was a Young Lady Whose Bonnet (Edward Lear Poems)
- Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Norway (Edward Lear Poems)