There was an Old Man of Dunrose;
A parrot seized hold of his nose.
When he grew melancholy,
They said, “His name’s Polly,”
Which soothed that Old Man of Dunrose.
by Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 7
A parrot seized hold of his nose.
When he grew melancholy,
They said, “His name’s Polly,”
Which soothed that Old Man of Dunrose.
by Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 7