No. 13 of 15 · Edward Lear
Come Under My Hat
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's old man of Dee-side spreads his exceedingly wide hat over a crowd of neighbours in the hail, with his limerick from More Nonsense (1872) and the words Here for You on the front. Lear was the master of nonsense, and his Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For a friend going through a stormy patch.
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Inside, it says
There was an old man of Dee-side Whose hat was exceedingly wide, But he said, "Do not fail, if it happen to hail, To come under my hat at Dee-side!"
On the back
Edward Lear (1812-1888) was the master of nonsense. / His Book of Nonsense (1846) made the limerick famous, / and his own wobbly drawings still make every age laugh.
