Living
There was an old person of Pinner
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Pinner,
As thin as a lath, if not thinner;
They dressed him in white, and roll'd him up tight,
That elastic old person of Pinner.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Pinner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/141/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Pinner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/141/.
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