English Poetry. Edward Lear. There Was an Old Man on a Hill. Эдвард Лир.

Edward Lear (Эдвард Лир)

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There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down,
In his Grandmother's gown,
Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

Edward Lear’s other poems:

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

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