Living
There Was a Fine Youth of Pike's Peak
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
There was a fine youth of Pike's Peak
Who raised a moustache in a week.
When they called it "like down,"
Ah, how he would frown!--
This hairy young man of Pike's Peak.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “There Was a Fine Youth of Pike's Peak.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/39/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “There Was a Fine Youth of Pike's Peak.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/39/.
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