“They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, / In a Sieve they went to sea: / In spite of all their friends could say, / On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, / In a Sieve they went to sea!”

About Edward Lear

Author • British

Edward Lear was a celebrated British artist, illustrator, musician, author, and poet, renowned for his contributions to the genre of literary nonsense. He is best known for popularizing the limerick, a form he used in...