Living
There was an Old Man in a casement
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man in a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;
When they said, "Sir, you'll fall!" he replied, "Not at all!"
That incipient Old Man in a casement.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a casement.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/106/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a casement.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/106/.
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