Edward Lear. 1812-1888. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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

Edward Lear. (1812–1888)

They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
In a sieve they went to sea;
In spite of all their friends could say.

The Jumblies.

    Far and few, far and few,
  Are the lands where the Jumblies live:
Their heads are green and their hands are blue
  And they went to sea in a sieve.

The Jumblies.

    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.”

Limerick.

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

The Owl and The Pussy-Cat.

They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.

The Owl and The Pussy-Cat.

        In the middle of the woods
  Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Two old chairs and half a candle,
One old jug without a handle—
  These were all the worldly goods.

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.

When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;

The Dong with the luminous Nose.

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