Thursday 6 February 2014

The Owl and the Pussy cat and the Turkey who lived on the hill

The Owl and the Pussy cat and the Turkey who lived on the hill.
An illustration by John Vernon Lord in The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear, Jonathan Cape, 1984 and reissued in 2012.

The text of the final verse of the poem:

III
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
    Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
    By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
    Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
    They danced by the light of the moon,
          The moon,
          The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.


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