There was an Old Man of the West,
Who never could get any rest;
So they set him to spin,
On his nose and his chin,
Which cured that Old Man of the West.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 86
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of the West.
Who never could get any rest;
So they set him to spin,
On his nose and his chin,
Which cured that Old Man of the West.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 86
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of the West.
