Living
There was an old lady of France
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old lady of France,
Who taught little ducklings to dance;
When she said, "Tick-a-tack!" they only said, "Quack!"
Which grieved that old lady of France.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old lady of France.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/158/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old lady of France.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/158/.
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