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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an old man of Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
	He awoke in the night
	In a terrible fright,
And found it was perfectly true.



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
  2. There Was An Old Man Of Jamaica
  3. Cold Are The Crabs
  4. Imitation of The Olden Poets
  5. There Was An Old Man Of Vienna


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