Limerick: There was an old man who felt pert (Edward Lear Poems)
There was an old man who felt pertWhen he wore a pale rose-coloured shirt.When they said "Is it pleasant?"He cried ...
There was an old man who felt pertWhen he wore a pale rose-coloured shirt.When they said "Is it pleasant?"He cried ...
There was an Old Person from Gretna,Who rushed down the crater of Etna;When they said, 'Is it hot?'He replied, 'No, ...
There was an Old Derry down Derry, Who loved to see little folks merry; So he made them a Book, ...
There was an Old Person of Burton,Whose answers were rather uncertain;When they said, 'How d'ye do?'He replied, 'Who are you?'That ...
There was an Old Person of Anerley,Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly;He rushed down the StrandWith a pig in each ...
There was an Old Man at a casement,Who held up his hands in amazement;When they said, 'Sir, you'll fall!'He replied, ...
There was a Young Lady of Parma,Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;When they said, 'Are you dumb?'She merely said, 'Hum!'That ...
There was an Old Lady of Prague,Whose language was horribly vague;When they said, 'Are these caps?'She answered, 'Perhaps!'That oracular Lady ...
There was an Old Man of Jamaica,Who suddenly married a Quaker;But she cried out, 'Alack!I have married a black!'Which distressed ...
There was an Old Person of Rheims,Who was troubled with horrible dreams;So, to keep him awakeThey fed him on cake,Which ...
There was an Old Person of Mold,Who shrank from sensations of cold,So he purchased some muffs,Some furs and some fluffs,And ...
There was an Old Man of the West,Who wore a pale plum-coloured vest;When they said, 'Does it fit?'He replied, 'Not ...
There was a Young Lady of Welling,Whose praise all the world was a-telling;She played on a harp,And caught several carp,That ...
There was an Old Person of Cheadle,Who was put in the stocks by the beadleFor stealing some pigs,Some coats, and ...
There was an Old Person of Basing,Whose presence of mind was amazing;He purchased a steed,Which he rode at full speed,And ...
There was an Old Man, on whose nose,Most birds of the air could repose;But they all flew awayAt the closing ...
There was an Old Man of the Cape,Who possessed a large Barbary ape,Till the ape one dark nightSet the house ...
There was an Old Man of Leghorn,The smallest that ever was born;But quickly snapped up heWas once by a puppy,Who ...
There was a young lady whose eyes,were unique as to colour and size;When she opened them wide,people all turned aside,and ...
There was a Young Lady of Tyre,Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;At the sound of each sweepShe enraptured ...
There was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, 'It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen,Four Larks ...
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,Who studied the works of Vitruvius;When the flames burnt his book,To drinking he took,That ...
There was an Old Person of Ewell,Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;But to make it more niceHe inserted some mice,Which refreshed ...
There was an Old Man of the Hague,Whose ideas were excessively vague;He built a balloonTo examine the moon,That deluded Old ...
There was Old Man in a pew,Whose waistcoat was spotted with blue;But he tore it in piecesTo give to his ...
There was an Old Man of the coast,Who placidly sat on a post;But when it was coldHe relinquished his holdAnd ...
There was an Old Person of Dutton,Whose head was as small as a button,So, to make it look big,He purchased ...
There was an Old Man with a owl,Who continued to bother and howl;He sat on a railAnd imbibed bitter ale,Which ...
There was an Old Person of Tring,Who embellished his nose with a ring;Ha gazed at the moonEvery evening in June,That ...
There was an Old Lady whose follyInduced her to sit in a holly:Whereupon by a thornHer dress being torn,She quickly ...
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