There was a Young Person of Ayr*,
Whose head was remarkably square:
On the top, in fine weather, she wore a gold feather;
Which dazzled the people of Ayr.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), ‘One Hundred Nonsense Picture and Rhymes,’ page 175, limerick 73
*Ayr: A town formerly known as Inver Ayr, later shortened to Ayr, located on the southwest coast of Scotland. ‘Inver Ayr’ means ‘mouth of the Ayr,’ referring to the area’s River Ayr.
Whose head was remarkably square:
On the top, in fine weather, she wore a gold feather;
Which dazzled the people of Ayr.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), ‘One Hundred Nonsense Picture and Rhymes,’ page 175, limerick 73
*Ayr: A town formerly known as Inver Ayr, later shortened to Ayr, located on the southwest coast of Scotland. ‘Inver Ayr’ means ‘mouth of the Ayr,’ referring to the area’s River Ayr.
