Living
There was an old person of Bree
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Bree,
Who frequented the depths of the sea;
She nurs'd the small fishes, and washed all the dishes,
And swam back again into Bree.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/134/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/134/.
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