Living
There was an old Man in a Garden
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old Man in a Garden,
Who always begged every one's pardon;
When they asked him, "What for?" he replied, "You're a bore!
And I trust you'll go out of my garden."
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old Man in a Garden.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/164/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old Man in a Garden.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/164/.
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