Living
There was an old man of Thermopylae
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man of Thermopylae,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, "If you choose to boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylae."
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Thermopylae.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/128/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Thermopylae.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/128/.
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