Edward Lear Quotes

1812–1888 England

Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised.

England
Poets

Also known as: Lear, Edward

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I would be your wife most gladly!
(Here she twirled her fingers madly,)
But in England I've a mate!
Yes! you've asked me far too late,
For in England I've a mate.

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò (1877)

On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
Two old chairs, and half a candle,—
One old jug without a handle,—
These were all his worldly goods.

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò (1877)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Lear (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.