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Limericks: by Edward Lear

This document contains 12 limericks written by Edward Lear. Each limerick tells a brief, humorous story about an "old person" in a rhyming verse format. The limericks describe situations like an old man with birds nesting in his beard, an old person from Ischia who danced and ate figs, and an old man who thought he was floating in a boat when he was not.

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Limericks: by Edward Lear

This document contains 12 limericks written by Edward Lear. Each limerick tells a brief, humorous story about an "old person" in a rhyming verse format. The limericks describe situations like an old man with birds nesting in his beard, an old person from Ischia who danced and ate figs, and an old man who thought he was floating in a boat when he was not.

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Limericks

By Edward Lear
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!'
There was an Old Person of Ischia,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
He dance hornpipes and jigs,
And ate thousands of figs,
That lively Old Person of Ischia.
There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you ain't!'
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
There was a Young Lady of Hull,
Who was chased by a virulent bull;
But she seized on a spade,
And called out, 'Who's afraid?'
Which distracted that virulent bull.
There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
I perceive a young bird in this bush!'
When they said, 'Is it small?'
He replied, 'Not at all!
It is four times as big as the bush!'
There was a Young Lady of Russia,
Who screamed so that no one could hush her;
Her screams were extreme,

No one heard such a scream,


As was screamed by that lady of Russia.
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
But to make it more nice
He inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.
There was an old man in a tree,
Whose whiskers were lovely to see;
But the birds of the air,
Pluck'd them perfectly bare,
To make themselves nests on that tree.

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