There was an Old Person of Ischia*,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
He danced hornpipes and jigs,
And ate thousands of figs,
That lively Old Person of Ischia.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 14
*Ischia: Ischia is a town on Ischia island, both of which are part of the city of Naples, Italy.
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
He danced hornpipes and jigs,
And ate thousands of figs,
That lively Old Person of Ischia.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 14
*Ischia: Ischia is a town on Ischia island, both of which are part of the city of Naples, Italy.
