Friday, June 12, 2009

Is Edward Lear Overrated?


There was an Old Person of Cromer,
Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
When he found he grew stiff,
He jumped over the cliff,
Which concluded the Person of Cromer.


Lear always goes off the cliff when he gets to the last line. Writer's block?



There was an Old Person of Cromer,
Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
Lear gave it a shot, but a limerick, it's not.
To call it one is a misnomer.


There once was a fellow named Keating
Who said, "Inspiration is fleeting.
The few times I can
Get the fucker to scan,
The end rhyme is always repeating."