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!"

There was an Old Man who supposed,

That the street door was partially closed;

But some very large rats, ate his coats and his hats,

While that futile old gentleman dozed.

There was an old Person whose habits,

Induced him to feed upon Rabbits;

When he'd eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green,

Upon which he relinquished those habits.

Spot illustrations that re-imagine some of Edward Lear’s nonsense poems.