Living
There was an Old Person of Buda
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Buda,
Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder,
Till at last with a hammer they silenced his clamor.
By smashing that Person of Buda.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Buda.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/16/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Buda.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/16/.
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