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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIMERICK, by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There was an old man of st. Bees
Last Line: "but I thought all the while 'twas a hornet."
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S.
First Line: There was an old man of st. Bees
Last Line: "but I thought all the while 'twas a hornet."
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S.
There was an Old Man of St. Bees
Who was stung in the arm by a wasp.
When asked, "Does it hurt?"
He replied, "No, it doesn't,
But I thought all the while 'twas a hornet."
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