Quote#Wisdom
There was an Old Man with a beard
Quote byEdward Lear · 1812–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Book of Nonsense, Limerick 1 (1846)..
English (original)
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!"
— Edward Lear
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