There was a Young Lady Whose Eyes
There was a Young Lady Whose Eyes
Original Text
[Edward Lear,] Book of Nonsense (London: Thomas McLean, Feb. 10, 1846). Unpaginated. In The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1566-1910, comp. Judith St. John (Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1975), I.69.
1THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHOSE EYES, WERE UNIQUE AS TO COLOUR AND SIZE;
2WHEN SHE OPENED THEM WIDE, PEOPLE ALL TURNED ASIDE,
3AND STARTED AWAY IN SURPRISE.
Publication Start Year
1846
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1998.
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