No. 7 of 15 · Edward Lear
The Old Person of Bar
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's own drawing shows the old person of Bar peeking out of her jar, with his 1872 limerick inside about the woman who painted her home pea-green to feel more serene, and the front wishes a Happy New Home. Lear was the master of nonsense, and his Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For someone settling into a new place.
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Inside, it says
There was an old person of Bar, Who passed all her life in a jar, Which she painted pea-green, to appear more serene, That placid old person of Bar.
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.
