Living
There was an old person of Fife
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Fife,
Who was greatly disgusted with life;
They sang him a ballad, and fed him on salad,
Which cured that old person of Fife.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Fife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/150/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Fife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/150/.
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