Living
There was an old person of Hove
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Hove,
Who frequented the depths of a grove;
Where he studied his books, with the wrens and the rooks,
That tranquil old person of Hove.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Hove.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/156/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Hove.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/156/.
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