There was an Old Man of Dunluce*,
Who went out to sea on a goose:
When he’d gone out a mile, he observ’d with a smile,
“It is time to return to Dunluce.”
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.” (1872), ‘Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures,’ page 269, limerick 12
*Dunluce is a geographic area in Northern Ireland, which includes Dunluce Castle and the nearby archaeological site of the lost town of Dunluce.
Who went out to sea on a goose:
When he’d gone out a mile, he observ’d with a smile,
“It is time to return to Dunluce.”
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.” (1872), ‘Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures,’ page 269, limerick 12
*Dunluce is a geographic area in Northern Ireland, which includes Dunluce Castle and the nearby archaeological site of the lost town of Dunluce.
