Index
An Index of First Lines
- A tumbled down,
- A was an Area Arch
- A was an ant
- A was an ape,
- A was once an apple-pie,
- The Absolutely Abstemious Ass,
- B said. "My Boy, oh, do not cry;
- B was a Bottle blue,
- B was a bat,
- B was a book
- B was once a little bear,
- The Bountiful Beetle,
- The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs,
- C said, "A Cup of Coffee hot
- C was Papa's gray Cat,
- C was a camel:
- C was a cat
- C was once a little cake,
- Calico pie, the little birds fly
- The Comfortable Confidential Cow,
- D said, "A Doctor should be fetched,
- D was Papa's white Duck,
- D was a dove,
- D was a duck
- D was once a little doll,
- The Dolomphious Duck,
- E said, "An Egg beat up with milk
- E was a little Egg,
- E was an eagle,
- E was an elephant,
- E was once a little eel,
- The Enthusiastic Elephant,
- The Excellent Double-extra XX
- F said, "A Fish, if broiled, might cure,
- F was a fan
- F was a fish
- F was a little Fish.
- F was once a little fish,
- The Fizzgiggious Fish,
- G said, "Green Gooseberry fool,
- G was Papa's new Gun;
- G was a goat
- G was a gooseberry,
- G was once a little goose,
- The Good-natured Grey Gull,
- H said, "His Hat should be kept on,
- H was Papa's new Hat;
- H was a hat
- H was a heron,
- H was once a little hen,
- The Hasty Higgeldipiggledy Hen,
- "How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!"
- I said, "Some Ice upon his head
- I was an Inkstand new,
- I was an inkstand,
- I was once a bottle of ink
- I was some ice
- In former days,that is to say, once upon a time,there lived in the Land of Gramble-Blamble seven families.
- The Inventive Indian,
- J said, "Some Jam, if spread on bread,
- J was a jackdaw
- J was a jug,
- J was once a jar of jam,
- J was some Apple Jam,
- The Judicious Jubilant Jay,
- K said, "A Kangaroo is here,—
- K was a great new Kite;
- K was a kingfisher:
- K was a kite
- K was once a little kite,
- The Kicking Kangaroo,
- King and Queen of the Pelicans we;
- L said, "A Lamp pray keep alight,
- L was a fine new Lamp;
- L was a light
- L was a lily,
- L was once a little lark,
- The Lively Learned Lobster,
- M said, "A Mulberry or two
- M was a dish of mince;
- M was a man,
- M was a mill
- M was once a little mouse,
- The Melodious Meritorious Mouse,
- Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos
- N said, "Some Nuts, if rolled about,
- N was a net
- N was a Nut that grew
- N was a nut
- N was once a little needle,
- The Nutcrackers sate by a plate on the table;
- The Nutritious Newt,
- O said, "An Owl might make him laugh,
- O was an orange
- O was an oyster,
- O was an Owl who flew
- O was once a little owl,
- The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich,
- On a little piece of wood,
- On the Coast of Coromandel
- On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
- Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs,
- Once upon a time, a long while ago, there were four little people whose names were Violet, Slingsby, Guy, and Lionel;
- The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
- P said, "Some Poetry might be read aloud,
- P was a little Pig,
- P was a pig,
- P was a polly,
- P was once a little pump,
- The Perpendicular Purple Polly,
- The Pobble who has no toes
- Q said, "A Quince I recommend,—
- Q was a Quince that hung
- Q was a quail
- Q was a quill
- Q was once a little quail,
- The Queer Querulous Quail,
- R said, "Some Rats might make him move,
- R was a Railway Rug
- R was a rabbit,
- R was a rattlesnake,
- R was once a little rose,
- The Rural Runcible Raven,
- S said, "A Song should now be sung,
- S was Papa's new Stick,
- S was once a little shrimp,
- S was a screw
- S was the sugar-tongs,
- Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
- Said the Table to the Chair,
- The Scroobious Snake,
- She sate upon her Dobie,
- T said, "A Turnip might avail,
- T was a thimble,
- T was a tortoise,
- T was a tumbler full
- T was once a little thrush,
- There is a young lady, whose nose,
- There lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess,
- There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
- There was a Young Lady of Bute,
- There was a Young Lady of Clare,
- There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
- There was a Young Lady of Hull,
- There was a Young Lady of Lucca,
- There was a Young Lady of Norway,
- There was a Young Lady of Parma,
- There was a Young Lady of Poole,
- There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
- There was a Young Lady of Russia,
- There was a Young Lady of Ryde,
- There was a Young Lady of Sweden,
- There was a Young Lady of Troy,
- There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
- There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
- There was a Young Lady of Wales,
- There was a Young Lady of Welling,
- There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
- There was a Young Lady whose chin
- There was a Young Lady whose eyes
- There was a Young Lady whose nose
- There was a Young Person of Crete,
- There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
- There was a young lady in blue,
- There was a young lady in white,
- There was a young lady of Corsica,
- There was a young lady of Firle,
- There was a young lady of Greenwich,
- There was a young person in green,
- There was a young person in pink,
- There was a young person in red,
- There was a young person of Ayr,
- There was a young person of Bantry,
- There was a young person of Janina,
- There was a young person of Kew,
- There was a young person whose history
- There was an Old Derry down Derry,
- There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
- There was an Old Lady of Prague,
- There was an Old Lady whose folly
- There was an Old Man at a Junction,
- There was an Old Man in a boat,
- There was an Old Man in a casement,
- There was an Old Man in a pew,
- There was an Old Man in a tree,
- There was an Old Man of Aôsta
- There was an Old Man of Apulia,
- There was an Old Man of Berlin,
- There was an Old Man of Bohemia,
- There was an Old Man of Calcutta,
- There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
- There was an Old Man of Coblenz,
- There was an Old Man of Columbia,
- There was an Old Man of Corfu,
- There was an Old Man of Dundee,
- There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
- There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
- There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
- There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
- There was an Old Man of Madras,
- There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
- There was an Old Man of Melrose,
- There was an Old Man of Moldavia,
- There was an Old Man of Nepaul,
- There was an Old Man of Peru,
- There was an Old Man of Peru.
- There was an Old Man of Quebec,—
- There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
- There was an Old Man of Vienna,
- There was an Old Man of Whitehaven,
- There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
- There was an Old Man of the Cape,
- There was an Old Man of the Coast,
- There was an Old Man of the Dee,
- There was an Old Man of the East,
- There was an Old Man of the Hague,
- There was an Old Man of the Isles,
- There was an Old Man of the Nile,
- There was an Old Man of the North,
- There was an Old Man of the South,
- There was an Old Man of the West,
- There was an Old Man of the West,
- There was an Old Man of the Wrekin,
- There was an Old Man on a hill,
- There was an Old Man on some rocks,
- There was an Old Man on whose nose
- There was an Old Man who said, "How
- There was an Old Man who said, "Hush!
- There was an Old Man who said, "Well!
- There was an Old Man who supposed
- There was an Old Man with a beard,
- There was an Old Man with a beard,
- There was an Old Man with a flute,—
- There was an Old Man with a gong,
- There was an Old Man with a nose,
- There was an Old Man with a poker,
- There was an Old Man with an Owl,
- There was an Old Person of Anerley,
- There was an Old Person of Bangor,
- There was an Old Person of Basing,
- There was an Old Person of Buda,
- There was an Old Person of Burton,
- There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
- There was an Old Person of Cheadle
- There was an Old Person of Chester,
- There was an Old Person of Chili,
- There was an Old Person of Dover,
- There was an Old Person of Dutton,
- There was an Old Person of Ems
- There was an Old Person of Ewell,
- There was an Old Person of Gretna,
- There was an Old Person of Hurst,
- There was an Old Person of Ischia,
- There was an Old Person of Leeds,
- There was an Old Person of Mold,
- There was an Old Person of Philœ,
- There was an Old Person of Prague,
- There was an Old Person of Rheims,
- There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
- There was an Old Person of Spain,
- There was an Old Person of Sparta,
- There was an Old Person of Tartary,
- There was an Old Person of Tring,
- There was an Old Person of Troy,
- There was an Old Person whose habits
- There was an old Lady of Winchelsea,
- There was an old Man in a Garden,
- There was an old Person of Cromer,
- There was an old lady of France,
- There was an old man at a Station,
- There was an old man in a Marsh,
- There was an old man in a barge,
- There was an old man in a tree,
- There was an old man of Ancona,
- There was an old man of Blackheath,
- There was an old man of Boulak,
- There was an old man of Cashmere,
- There was an old man of Dee-side
- There was an old man of Dumblane,
- There was an old man of Dumbree,
- There was an old man of Dunluce,
- There was an old man of Dunrose;
- There was an old man of El Hums,
- There was an old man of Hong Kong,
- There was an old man of Ibreem,
- There was an old man of Messina,
- There was an old man of Port Grigor,
- There was an old man of Spithead,
- There was an old man of Thames Ditton,
- There was an old man of Thermopylae,
- There was an old man of Three Bridges,
- There was an old man of Toulouse
- There was an old man of West Dumpet,
- There was an old man of the Dargle
- There was an old man on the Border,
- There was an old man on the Humber,
- There was an old man who screamed out
- There was an old man whose despair
- There was an old man whose remorse
- There was an old man, who when little
- There was an old person in black,
- There was an old person in gray,
- There was an old person of Bar,
- There was an old person of Barnes,
- There was an old person of Blythe,
- There was an old person of Bow,
- There was an old person of Bray,
- There was an old person of Bree,
- There was an old person of Brigg,
- There was an old person of Brill,
- There was an old person of Bromley,
- There was an old person of Bude,
- There was an old person of Cannes,
- There was an old person of Cassel,
- There was an old person of China,
- There was an old person of Crowle,
- There was an old person of Deal,
- There was an old person of Dean
- There was an old person of Down,
- There was an old person of Dundalk,
- There was an old person of Ealing,
- There was an old person of Fife,
- There was an old person of Filey,
- There was an old person of Florence,
- There was an old person of Grange,
- There was an old person of Hove,
- There was an old person of Hyde,
- There was an old person of Ickley,
- There was an old person of Jodd,
- There was an old person of Loo,
- There was an old person of Minety,
- There was an old person of Newry,
- There was an old person of Nice,
- There was an old person of Pett,
- There was an old person of Pinner,
- There was an old person of Pisa,
- There was an old person of Putney,
- There was an old person of Rimini,
- There was an old person of Rye,
- There was an old person of Sark,
- There was an old person of Sestri,
- There was an old person of Sheen,
- There was an old person of Shields,
- There was an old person of Shoreham,
- There was an old person of Skye,
- There was an old person of Slough,
- There was an old person of Stroud,
- There was an old person of Ware,
- There was an old person of Wick,
- There was an old person of Wilts,
- There was an old person of Woking,
- They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
- The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise,
- Two old Bachelors were living in one house;
- U said, "An Urn, with water hot
- U was a silver urn,
- U was an upper-coat,
- U was an urn
- U was once a little urn,
- The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker,
- V said, "I'll stand upon a chair,
- V was a veil
- V was a Villain; once
- V was a villa
- V was once a little vine,
- The Visibly Vicious Vulture,
- W said, "Some Whisky-Whizzgigs fetch,
- W was a Watch of Gold:
- W was a watch,
- W was a whale
- W was once a whale,
- When awful darkness and silence reign
- Who, or why, or which, or what
- The Worrying Whizzing Wasp,
- X said, "Some double XX ale
- X was King Xerxes, whom
- X was King Xerxes,
- X was King Xerxes,
- X was once a great king Xerxes,
- Y said, "Some Yeast mixed up with salt
- Y was a yak,
- Y was a yew,
- Y was a Youth, who kicked
- Y was once a little yew,
- The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo,
- Z said, "Here is a box of Zinc!
- Z was a Zebra striped
- Z was a zebra,
- Z was once a piece of zinc,
- Z was some zinc,
- The Zigzag Zealous Zebra,
An Index of Nonsense Alphabets by Edward Lear.
- Alphabets
- By Letter
- ant ape apple-pie arch arm ass
- bat bear beetle book bottle boy
- cake camel cat cat coffee cow
- doctor doll dove duck duck duck
- eagle eel egg egg elephant elephant
- fan fish fish fish fish fish
- goat goose gooseberry gooseberry gull gun
- hat hat hat hen hen heron
- ice ice indian ink inkstand inkstand
- jackdaw jam jam jam jay jug
- kangaroo kangaroo kingfisher kite kite kite
- lamp lamp lark light lily lobster
- man mill mince mouse mouse mulberry
- needle net newt nut nut nuts
- orange ostrich owl owl owl oyster
- pig pig poetry polly polly pump
- quail quail quail quill quince quince
- rabbit rats rattlesnake raven rose rug
- screw shrimp snake song stick sugar-tongs
- thimble thrush tortoise tortoise tumbler turnip
- umbrella-maker upper-coat urn urn urn urn
- veil villa villain vine violin vulture
- wasp watch watch whale whale whisky-whizzigigs
- Xerxes Xerxes Xerxes Xerxes Xerxes XX ale
- yak yeast yew yew Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo youth
- zebra zebra zebra zinc zinc zinc
An Index of Nonsense Botanies by Edward Lear.
- Botanies
- Species
- Armchairia Comfortabilis
- Arthbroomia Rigida
- Baccopipia Gracilis
- Barkia Howlaloudia
- Bassia Palealensis
- Bluebottlia Buzztilentia
- Bottlephorkia Spoonifolia
- Bubblia Blowpipia
- Cockatooca Superba
- Crabbia Horrida
- Enkoopia Chickabiddia
- Fishia Marina
- Guittara Pensilis
- Jinglia Tinkettlia
- Knutmigrata Simplice
- Manypeeplia Upsidownia
- Minspysia Deliciosa
- Nasticreechia Krorluppia
- Phattfacia Stupenda
- Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis
- Plumbunnia Nutritiosa
- Pollybirdia Singularis
- Puffia Leatherbellowsa
- Queeriflora Babyöides
- Shoebootia Utilis
- Smalltoothcombia Domestica
- Sophtsluggia Glutinosa
- Stunnia Dinnerbellia
- Tickia Orologica
- Tigerlillia Terribilis
- Tureenia Ladlecum
- Washtubbia Circularis
An Index of Nonsense Songs and Stories by Edward Lear.
- Songs
- The Akond of Swat
- The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker, and the Tongs
- Calico Pie
- The Cummerbund
- The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly
- The Dong with a Luminous Nose
- The Duck and the Kangaroo
- The Jumblies
- Mr. And Mrs. Discobbolos
- Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow
- The New Vestments
- The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs
- The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
- The Pelican Chorus
- The Pobble who has no Toes
- The Quangle Wangle's Hat
- The Table And The Chair
- The Two Old Bachelors
- The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò
- Stories