Living
Some Are Starving
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
Some are starving, some are filling,
Some are lazy, and some are willing,
Some are frowzy, and others are curled,
It takes all kinds, sir, to make a world.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Some Are Starving.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/181/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Some Are Starving.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/181/.
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