They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went… - Edward Lear

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They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
In a sieve they went to sea;
In spite of all their friends could say.

Edward Lear

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Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised.

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Alternative Names: Derry Down Derry • Eduard Liri • Lear

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Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"

There he heard a Lady talking,
To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,—
'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!
On that little heap of stones
Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!

It's a fact the whole world knows,
That Pebbles are happier without their toes.

They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say. - Edward Lear

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