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Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

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The Pobble Who Has No Toes
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Limerick: There Was an Old Man with a Beard
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There Was an Old Man with a Beard
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Imitation of The Olden Poets
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The Jumblies
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Alphabet Poem
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
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The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs
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Mr. and Mrs.Spikky Sparrow
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The Quangle Wangle's Hat
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The Akond of Swat
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Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
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Limerick:There was an Old Man with a beard
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The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
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Limerick: There was an Old Person of Leeds
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Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Nose
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Limerick: There was an Old Man with a flute
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Peru
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Norway,
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The Duck and the Kangaroo
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Nonsense Alphabet
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The Pelican Chorus
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Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose chin
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The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly
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There was an old man on the Border
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