Living
There was an Old Man in a boat
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!"
When they said, "No, you ain't!" he was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a boat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/15/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a boat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/15/.
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