Living
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
Who wished he had never been born;
So he sat on a Chair till he died of despair,
That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Cape Horn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/100/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Cape Horn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/100/.
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