Living
There was an old person of Bromley
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Bromley,
Whose ways were not cheerful or comely;
He sate in the dust, eating spiders and crust,
That unpleasing old person of Bromley.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bromley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/135/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bromley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/135/.
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