Living
There was a young person in green
From More Nonsense
Living
There was a young person in green,
Who seldom was fit to be seen;
She wore a long shawl, over bonnet and all,
Which enveloped that person in green.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person in green.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/149/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person in green.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/149/.
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