Living
There was an Old Person of Ischia
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Ischia,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
He danced hornpipes and jigs, and ate thousands of figs,
That lively Old Person of Ischia
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Ischia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/13/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Ischia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/13/.
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