Living
There was an Old Man of Vienna
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Vienna,
Who lived upon Tincture of Senna;
When that did not agree, he took Camomile Tea,
That nasty Old Man of Vienna.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Vienna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/14/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Vienna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/14/.
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