Edward Lear — Parody of TennysonsTo Edward Lear on His Travels in Greece

Delirious Bulldogs; -- echoing calls My daughter, -- green as summer grass; -- The long supine Plebeian ass, The nasty crockery boring falls; -- Tom-Moory Pathos; -- all things bare, -- With such a turket! such a hen! And scrambling forms of distant men, O! ain't you glad you were not there!