(The greater part of which were originally
made and composed for their parents.)

Is Dedicated by the Author,
EDWARD LEAR.

London, 1862.




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There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable Man with a nose.

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There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the Cat, and said, "Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"

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There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;