Living
There was an old man of Dee-side
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Living
There was an old man of Dee-side
Whose hat was exceedingly wide,
But he said, "Do not fail, if it happen to hail,
To come under my hat at Dee-side!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dee-side.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/138/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dee-side.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/138/.
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