Quotes
Quotes - Lear
They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
In a sieve they went to sea;
In spite of all their friends could say.
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.
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said: "It is just as I feared--
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren
Have all built their nests in my beard."
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Two old chairs and half a candle,
One old jug without a handle--
These were all the worldly goods.
When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat.
It's a fact the whole world knows; That Pobbles are happier without their toes.
Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough.
