Living
There was an old person of Woking
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Woking,
Whose mind was perverse and provoking;
He sate on a rail, with his head in a pail,
That illusive old person of Woking.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Woking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/161/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Woking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/161/.
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