Living
There was an old person of Dean
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Dean
Who dined on one pea, and one bean;
For he said, "More than that, would make me too fat,"
That cautious old person of Dean.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Dean.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/162/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Dean.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/162/.
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