There was an Old Person of Bree.

by Edward Lear · 1921 · Humor & Wit
There was an Old Person of Bree,
Who lived in a hollow built tree.
The wind was so wild
She flew in a field,
And got that old tree up her knee.

About Edward Lear

English artist and poet, master of literary nonsense. Creator of the limerick form and beloved poems like "The Owl and the Pussycat."

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