The Book of Nonsense
by:
Edward Lear (author)
Bryan Holme (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670180110 (0670180114)
Publish date: September 30th 1980
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Pages no: 60
Edition language: English
I grew up reading A Book of Nonsense, which left me with a permanent weakness for limericks. (It's possible that there were other side-effects too). Here's my favourite Lear:There was an old man of ThermopylaeWho never did anything properlyBut they said, if you chooseTo boil eggs in your shoesYou wi...