Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. Wikipedia Born : May 12, 1812, Holloway, United Kingdom Died : January 29, 1888, Sanremo, Italy Artworks : Masada , Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives , MORE Period : Romanticism Parents : Jeremiah Lear , Ann Lear Quotes The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat. They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon. There was 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. Ti