Living
There was an old man in a Marsh
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man in a Marsh,
Whose manners were futile and harsh;
He sate on a log, and sang songs to a frog,
That instructive old man in a Marsh.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man in a Marsh.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/143/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man in a Marsh.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/143/.
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