Edward Lear citations

Edward Lear est un écrivain, un illustrateur et un ornithologue britannique connu pour sa poésie, né le 12 mai 1812 à Holloway , et mort le 29 janvier 1888 à Sanremo . Wikipedia  

✵ 12. mai 1812 – 29. janvier 1888
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Edward Lear: Citations en anglais

“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon.”

Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat

Source: The Owl and the Pussycat

“They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
In a sieve they went to sea;
In spite of all their friends could say.”

Edward Lear

" The Jumblies http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html", st. 1, in Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets (1871).

“They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.”

Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat

St. 2.
The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)

“The Pobble who has no toes
Had once as many as we;
When they said, "Some day you may lose them all;"—
He replied, — "Fish fiddle de-dee!"”

Edward Lear

The Pobble Who Has No Toes http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/pobble.html, st. 1 (1877).

“I would be your wife most gladly!
(Here she twirled her fingers madly,)
But in England I've a mate!
Yes! you've asked me far too late,
For in England I've a mate.”

Edward Lear

St. 5. <br class="br"> The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/ybb.html (1877)

“There he heard a Lady talking,
To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,—
'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!
On that little heap of stones
Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!”

Edward Lear

St. 2. <br class="br"> The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/ybb.html (1877)

“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.”

Edward Lear

How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/pw/mrlear.html, st. 1 (1871).

“On a little heap of Barley
Died my aged uncle Arly,
And they buried him one night;—
Close beside the leafy thicket;—
There, his hat and Railway-Ticket;—
There, his ever-faithful Cricket;”

Edward Lear

But his shoes were far too tight. <br class="br"> Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/pw/arly.html, st. 7 (1895).

“On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.”

Edward Lear

The Quangle Wangle&#x27;s Hat http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/quangle.html, st. 1 (1877).

“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.”

Edward Lear

&quot; The Jumblies http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html&quot;, st. 1, in Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets (1871).

“Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akond of Swat?”

Edward Lear

The Akond of Swat http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/akond.html, l. 1 (1877).

“"Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."”

Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat

St. 3.
The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)

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