There was an Old Man with a beard

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There was an Old Man with a beard… by Edward Lear

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No. 1 from A Book of Nonsense (1846)

Picture by Edward Lear

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 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!'

 <Publ. 1846>