In this beautifully illustrated edition of the beloved nonsense poem by
Edward Lear, Anne Mortimer takes the reader on the delightful voyage of the Owl
and the Pussycat as they sail across the sea and travel into lush jungles ... Filled with rich detail and breathtaking
artwork ...
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
II
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Edward Lear
was a tall man, rather heavily built, and inclined to
rotundity in later life. He used to wear clothes that were
abnormally loose and seemed to be draped on him. Above his broad
shoulders his dome-shaped head, carried rather stoopingly, had a
venerable aspect, for he always wore a long, thick beard, given to
being curly. The top of his head grew to be quite bald, and he
used to delight in making caricatures of himself in his letters to
friends, showing an old chap with immensely long thin legs, a
round stomach, an immense, bushy, black beard and a high, egg-
shaped, bald head; huge round spectacles completed the portrait
most successfully.
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