English Poetry. Edward Lear. There Was a Young Lady Whose Bonnet. Эдвард Лир.

Edward Lear (Эдвард Лир)

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There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
        But she said: 'I don't care!
        All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'

Edward Lear’s other poems:

1. There Was a Young Person of Smyrna
2. There Was an Old Person in Gray
3. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
4. The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
5. Cold Are The Crabs

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