His Shoes Were Far Too Tight (Edward Lear)

A good sample of the nonsense poems of Edward Lear, selected by Lear fan Daniel Pinkwater, and illustrated by Caleb Brown.

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Quotes:

Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live:
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue
And they went to sea in a sieve.

"How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!"
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think him pleasant enough

O! My aged Uncle Arly!
Sitting on a heap of Barley
Thro' the silent hours of night
Close beside a leafy thicket:
On his nose there was a Cricket
In his hat a Railway Ticket;
(But his shoes were far too tight.)