Living
There was an old man who screamed out
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man who screamed out
Whenever they knocked him about:
So they took off his boots, and fed him with fruits,
And continued to knock him about.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man who screamed out.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/151/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man who screamed out.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/151/.
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