52 Quotes by Edward Lear

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

What will happen to me, as the oyster said when he very inadvertently swallowed the gooseberry bush, nobody can tell.

The owl and the pussycat went to sea, / In a beautiful pea green boat. / They took some honey, and plenty of money, / Wrapped up in a five pound note.

There was a Young Person in pink, Who called out for something to drink; But they said, 'O my daughter, there's nothing but water!' Which vexed that Young Person in pink.

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.

I am almost thanking God that I was never educated, for it seems to me that 999 of those who are so, expensively and laboriously, have lost all before they arrive at my age-& remain like Swift's Stulbruggs-cut and dry for life, making no use of their earlier-gained treasures:-whereas, I seem to be on the threshold of knowledge.

There was an old man of Orleans, Who was given to eating of beans; Till once out of sport, he swallowed a quart, That dyspeptic old man of Orleans.

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

I am in a very unsettled condition, as the oyster said when they poured melted butter all over his back.