Living
There was an old man of the Dargle
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man of the Dargle
Who purchased six barrels of Gargle;
For he said, "I'll sit still, and will roll them down hill,
For the fish in the depths of the Dargle."
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of the Dargle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/140/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of the Dargle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/140/.
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