Living
There was an Old Person of Spain
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Spain,
Who hated all trouble and pain;
So he sate on a chair with his feet in the air,
That umbrageous Old Person of Spain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Spain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/103/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Spain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/103/.
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