There Was An Old Person Of Ware

Edward LearEdward Lear

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There was an old person of Ware,
Who rode on the back of a bear:
When they ask'd,--'Does it trot?'--
He said 'Certainly not!
He's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear!'
Edward Lear
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Edward Lear

Edward Lear was a distinguished English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form which he popularized.Beneath the absurd and playful imaginings of his poetry there lurks a melanc…

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