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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who watched his wife making a stew;
⁠	But once by mistake,
⁠	In a stove she did bake
That unfortunate Man of Peru.



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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