Edward Lear 'There was an Old Man on whose nose' Print
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This is a print of the illustrated Edward Lear limerick:
"There was an Old Man on whose nose
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away at the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) is known mostly for his limericks. His limericks appeared in his 1846 work 'A Book of Nonsense.' This went through three editions and helped to popularise the form.
"There was an Old Man on whose nose
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away at the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) is known mostly for his limericks. His limericks appeared in his 1846 work 'A Book of Nonsense.' This went through three editions and helped to popularise the form.
