Living
There was an Old Man with a flute,--
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man with a flute,--
A "sarpint" ran into his boot!
But he played day and night, till the "sarpint" took flight,
And avoided that Man with a flute.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a flute,--.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/11/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a flute,--.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/11/.
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