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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7050 Edward Lear 1812-1888 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7050
AUTHOR:Edward Lear (1812–1888)
QUOTATION: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.”
ATTRIBUTION:Limerick.