Edward Lear
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Biography
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised but which term he never used.
"And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon."
"I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace."
"There was an old man who said "How Shall I flee from this horrible cow? I will sit on this stile and continue to smile Which may soften the heart of that cow.""
"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat."