Living
There was an old person of Sheen
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Sheen,
Whose expression was calm and serene;
He sate in the water, and drank bottled porter,
That placid old person of Sheen.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Sheen.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/167/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Sheen.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/167/.
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