1. Home »
  2. English Poets »
  3. Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady Whose Eyes

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was a young lady whose eyes,
were unique as to colour and size;
When she opened them wide,
people all turned aside,
and started away in surprise.




Quotes of the Day

vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return

• George Eliot



Poems of the Day
  • Louisa May Alcott
    Rosy, My Dear
    by Louisa May Alcott
    "Rosy, my dear, Don't cry,--I'm here To help you all I can. I'm only a fly, But you'll see that I Will keep my word like a man."