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SELECTED POEMS Edward Lear 1812–1888

Edward Lear: Selected Poems

4 public-domain poems · 10 pages · free to read

A short collection of Edward Lear’s best-loved poems, laid out as a book you can flip through: cover, contents, one poem to a page, and a note about the poet at the end.

Turn pages with the arrows, arrow keys or a swipe. A− / A+ changes the text size; Esc closes the book.

Contents

  1. The Owl and the Pussy-cat (open in book)
  2. There was an Old Man with a beard (open in book)
  3. There was a Young Lady whose bonnet (open in book)
  4. There was an Old Man in a tree (open in book)

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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