There Was an Old Man with a Beard

Portrait of Edward Lear
Edward Lear 1812–1888

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! -- Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.

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  1. Hernan United States

    I loved this poem. Just thinking of that old man really got me by surpries

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