num_pages: 128
description: This is a selection of poetry by the Victorian writer/illustrator, Edward Lear. Born in 1812, he was an accomplished painter, traveller and zoologist, and a friend of Lord Tennyson. Today, he is mainly remembered for his nonsense songs, such as "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo".
language: English
title: Selected Poems of Edward Lear
titlecomplete: Selected Poems of Edward Lear (Bloomsbury Poetry Classics)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Bloomsbury