Delirious Bulldogs; -- echoing calls
My daughter, -- green as summer grass; --
The long supine Plebeian ass,
The nasty crockery boring falls; --
Tom-Moory Pathos; -- all things bare, --
With such a turket! such a hen!
And scrambling forms of distant men,
O! ain't you glad you were not there!
More verses by Edward Lear
- Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Of Portugal
- The Pelican Chorus
- Limerick: There Was A Young Person Of Crete
- Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Whose Nose
- Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of Peru
