No. 5 of 15 · Edward Lear
Never Go Back
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's own drawing of two spotted horses galloping off, ridden by the Nutcrackers and the Sugar-tongs, sits under the words Happy Retirement, with lines from his 1871 nonsense song: "We will never go back any more." Lear was the master of nonsense, and his Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For a coworker riding off from work for good.
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Inside, it says
THE NUTCRACKERS AND THE SUGAR-TONGS They rode through the street, and they rode by the station; They galloped away to the beautiful shore; In silence they rode, and "made no observation," Save this: "We will never go back any more!" And still you might hear, till they rode out of hearing, The Sugar-tongs snap, and the Crackers say "Crack!" Till, far in the distance their forms disappearing, They faded away; and they never came back!
On the back
Words and drawings by Edward Lear / 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.
