Living
There was an old man on the Humber
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man on the Humber,
Who dined on a cake of Burnt Umber;
When he said, "It's enough!" they only said, "Stuff!
You amazing old man on the Humber!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man on the Humber.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/130/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man on the Humber.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/130/.
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