There was an Old Man, on whose nose

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There was an Old Man, on whose nose...
by Edward Lear
No. 111 from A Book of Nonsense (1846)


Picture by Edward Lear

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There was an Old Man, on whose nose,
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away
At the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.

 <Publ. 1846>