Living
There was an old person of Ware
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Ware,
Who rode on the back of a bear;
When they ask'd, "Does it trot?" he said, "Certainly not!
He's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Ware.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/168/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Ware.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/168/.
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