Living
There was an old man at a Station
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man at a Station,
Who made a promiscuous oration;
But they said, "Take some snuff!--You have talk'd quite enough,
You afflicting old man at a Station!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man at a Station.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/146/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man at a Station.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/146/.
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