"The Owl and the Pussy-cat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published during 1871 as part of his book Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds. The term "runcible", used for the phrase "runcible spoon", was invented for the poem.
“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon.”
Source: The Owl and the Pussycat
“They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.”
St. 2.
The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)
“"Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."”
St. 3.
The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)
