There once was an old monk of Basing
There once was an old monk of Basing
Original Text
Cosmo Monkhouse, Nonsense Rhymes (London: R. Brimley Johnson, n.d.). Illustrated by Gilbert Chesterton. No pagination. 12315.ccc.50 British Library
1There once was an old monk of Basing,
2Whose salads were something amazing;
3 But he told his confessor
4 That Nebuchadnezzar
5Had given him hints upon grazing.
Publication Start Year
1902
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 2001.
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