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Nonsense Books

Edward Lear (1812–1888)

Limericks, canciones y alfabetos disparatados del maestro del sinsentido: el búho y la gatita que se van en un bote verde guisante, los Jumblies que navegan en una criba.

Primera publicación
1846
Género
Clásicos juveniles
Extensión
93 páginas · 24,193 palabras
Lectura
≈ 1 h 40 min
Idioma
Inglés
Licencia
Dominio público

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A Book of Nonsense

There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry;So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shookAt the fun of that Derry down Derry.

Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures

There was an Old Man with a nose,Who said, “If you choose to supposeThat my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!”That remarkable Man with a nose.

There was a Young Person of Smyrna,Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;But she seized on the Cat, and said, “Granny, burn that!You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!”

There was an Old Man on a hill,Who seldom, if ever, stood still;He ran up and down in his Grandmother’s gown,Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

There was an Old Person of Chile,Whose conduct was painful and silly;He sat on the stairs, eating apples and pears,That imprudent Old Person of Chile.

There was an Old Man with a gong,Who bumped at it all the day long;But they called out, “Oh, law! you’re a horrid old bore!”So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,Who never had more than a penny;He spent all that money in onions and honey,

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Esta edición

Nonsense Books by Edward Lear (1812–1888) was first published in 1846. It is in the public domain worldwide: its author died more than a hundred years ago.

Text based on the Standard Ebooks edition (dedicated to the public domain under CC0), https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edward-lear/nonsense-books. Their cover, imprint, colophon and licence pages were removed; the text and its structure were kept and restyled for this edition.

Original cover and design by the Arcadópolis Library.

Fuente del texto: Standard Ebooks

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