Living
There was an old person of Brill
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Brill,
Who purchased a shirt with a frill;
But they said, "Don't you wish, you mayn't look like a fish,
You obsequious old person of Brill?"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Brill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/144/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Brill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/144/.
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