Living
There was an old person of Slough
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Slough,
Who danced at the end of a bough;
But they said, "If you sneeze, you might damage the trees,
You imprudent old person of Slough."
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Slough.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/153/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Slough.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/153/.
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