Living
There was an old person of Wick
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Wick,
Who said, "Tick-a-Tick, Tick-a-Tick;
Chickabee, Chickabaw." And he said nothing more,
That laconic old person of Wick.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Wick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/145/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Wick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/145/.
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