No. 12 of 15 · Edward Lear
Nobody Answers This Bell
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's old man dangles from a bell rope under the words Keep in Touch, with Lear's limerick about pulling day and night till his hair has grown white, yet nobody answers the bell. Lear drew the picture himself, and his Book of Nonsense from 1846 is the book that made the limerick famous. For a friend who never calls back.
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Inside, it says
There was an Old Man who said, “Well! Will nobody answer this bell? I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white, But nobody answers this bell!”
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.
