Living
There was an old person in black
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person in black,
A Grasshopper jumped on his back;
When it chirped in his ear, he was smitten with fear,
That helpless old person in black.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person in black.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/139/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person in black.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/139/.
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