"The Owl and the Pussycat" - HTML text of the poem.
"The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round The World" - In HTML format, with Lear's original illustrations reproduced online.
"The Two Old Bachelors" - HTML text of the poem, also including a line drawing.
ANS Edward Lear Exhibit - All the zoological plates from Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidœ, or Parrots and Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall
Children's Poetry - Includes the full text of nine of Lear's poems.
Connections+ Nonsense and "Jabberwocky" - Links to lesson plans using Lear's verse to teach language arts in middle and high school
Donald Barthelme, The Death of Edward Lear - A short story from Overnight to Many Distant Cities. New York: Penguin, 1983.
Edward Lear - The Tate Gallery's Edward Lear holdings with details and some pictures.
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) - A page on Lear focusing on his use of the limerick form. Includes some of Lear's original illustrations as well as the texts of various limericks.
Edward Lear Books Central - Includes a biography, a forum, and links.
Edward Lear Home Page - The life, paintings and complete Nonsense poems of Edward Lear, as well as news on Nonsense in general.
Edward Lear Hotel, Marble Arch, London - A commercial website for the hotel "formerly the home of Edward Lear, the famous Victorian painter and limerick writer."
Edward Lear: More Than Nonsense - A short essay on Lear and his poetry, accompanied by a photograph and drawings.
Lear translations by Alik Gotlib - A small selection of limericks translated into Russian, accompanied by some of Lear's original drawings.
Lear, Edward (1812-1888) - A brief biographical note on Lear, extracted from The Oxford Companion to English Literature, accompanied by a single limerick.
Lear, Limericks and Literature - "An introduction to the limerick and other zany rhymes made famous by Edward Lear in the 1850's." An online lesson plan aimed at creative writing classes; includes information on the history of the limerick form, as well as biographical material on Lear.
Selected Poetry of Edward Lear (1812-1888) - Some of the best-known poems from Representative Poetry Online at the Univ. of Toronto
Two E. Lear portraits - from the National Portrait Gallery, London