There was an Old Person of Tring - an Edward Lear illustrated limerick

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A humorous limerick written and illustrated by the 19th century artist Edward Lear. It is taken from "A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear" published in 1875. The text is There was an Old Person of Tring, who embellished his nose with a ring; He gazed at the moon every evening in June That ecstatic Old Person of Tring.

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Size: 3000px × 2056px
Location: Tring, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Edward Lear / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, century, edward, hertfordshire, humor, humour, lear, limerick, nonsense, nose, piercing, tring, verse