A Nonsense Anthology Quotes

“An instance of Gilbert's appreciation of other people's nonsense is his parody of Lear's verse: There was an old man in a tree Who was horribly bored by a bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" He replied, "Yes, it does! It's a regular brute of a bee!" The parody attributed to Gilbert is called "A Nonsense Rhyme in Blank Verse": There was an old man of St. Bees, Who was stung in the arm by a wasp; When they asked, "Does it hurt?" He replied, "No, it doesn't, But I thought all the while 'twas a Hornet!”
― Carolyn Wells, A Nonsense Anthology