Edward Lear
The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses
porEdward Lear
Sinopsis
THEY went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day,
In a Sieve they went to sea!
Laughable Lyrics
porEdward Lear
Sinopsis
THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE
When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;
When the angry breakers roar
As they beat on the rocky shore;
When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights
Of the Hills of the Chankly Bore,—
Then, through the vast and gloomy dark
There moves what seems a fiery spark,—
A lonely spark with silvery rays
Piercing the coal-black night,—
A Meteor strange and bright:
Hither and thither the vision strays,
A single lurid light.
Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,—
Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps;
And ever as onward it gleaming goes
A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.
And t...
The New Vestments
porEdward Lear
Sinopsis
There lived an old man in the kingdom of Tess, Who invented a purely original dress;
And when it was perfectly made and complete, He opened the door, and walked into the street.
Nonsense Alphabet
porEdward Lear
Sinopsis
A was an ant
Who seldom stood still,
And who made a nice house
In the side of a hill. Nice little ant!
B was a bat,
Who slept all the day, And fluttered about
When the sun went away. Brown little bat!
Classic Poetry Series I
porEdward Lear
Sinopsis
A was once an ant, Tiny,
Busy, Speedy, Shiny
In the groundy
Little ant!
A was once a little ant, Antsy
Fantsy Mantsy Antsy, Fantsy anty, Little ant!