Poems

What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti

Edwards Lear

Lear wrote comic verse for children (including The Owl and the Pussy Cat) and limericks or 'nonsense' -poems:
There was an Old Man with a beard
There was a Young Lady whose chin
There was an Old Man with a nose

Hilaire Belloc

Belloc is most famous for his 'Cautionary Verse'. These are funny poems about terrible things happening to naughty children.

Elephant * Frog *Polar Bear *Lion
Jim * Hilaire Belloc Crossword