Limericks

  There was an Old Man in a tree,   Who was horribly bored by a Bee;   When they said, "Does it buzz?" he replied,       "Yes, it does!   It's a regular brute of a Bee."   There was an Old Man on some rocks,   Who shut his Wife up in a box:   When she said, "Let me out," he exclaimed,       "Without doubt   You will pass all your life in that box."   There was an Old Man who said "How   Shall I flee from this horrible Cow?   I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile,   Which may soften the heart of that Cow."   There was an Old Man who said, "Hush!   I perceive a young bird in this bush!"   When they said, "Is it small?" he replied, "Not at all;   It is four times as big as the bush!"   There was once an Old Man with a beard,   Who said, "It is just as I feared!      Two Owls and a Hen,     Four Larks and a Wren   Have all built their nests in my beard."   There was an old person of Ware   Who rode on the back of a bear;     When they said, "Does it trot?"     He said, "Certainly not,   It's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear."   There was a young lady in blue,   Who said, "Is it you? Is it you?"   When they said, "Yes, it is," she replied only,     "Whizz!"   That ungracious young lady in blue. EDWARD LEAR