Living
There was an old person of Pisa
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Pisa,
Whose daughters did nothing to please her;
She dressed them in gray, and banged them all day,
Round the walls of the city of Pisa.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Pisa.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/165/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Pisa.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/165/.
Read this poem with the Codex →