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DescriptionThere was a young man named Lear Who really was without peer He scribbled some lines Which amuse every time And you'll find a selection in here. A Bit of Nonsense to transport you back to those fanciful days of childhood, this collection of classic limericks and stories from Edward Lear will not fail to delight. Author description"Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve." Born in Highgate, London, in 1812, Edward Lear was the creator of nonsense verse, as well as an acclaimed painter and an avid traveller. Among his most famous works are the Book of Nonsense and The Owl and the Pussycat, the first of his nonsense songs, written in 1867. His humour has proved timeless, and many readers will remember reading his poems as children. |