Living
There was an Old Man of Peru.
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Peru.
Who never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair, and behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Peru.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/108/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Peru.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/108/.
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