No. 15 of 15 · Edward Lear
The Duck and the Kangaroo
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's own ink drawings of a kangaroo and a duck sit under the words "Happy Adventures," and inside is his 1871 nonsense poem of the pair hopping the whole world three times round. Lear was the master of nonsense, and his Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For a friend setting off on something new.
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Inside, it says
The Duck and the Kangaroo Said the Kangaroo, “I’m ready, All in the moonlight pale; But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady, And quite at the end of my tail.” So away they went with a hop and a bound; And they hopped the whole world three times round. And who so happy, oh! who, As the Duck and the Kangaroo? Edward Lear · Nonsense Songs · 1871
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.
