Living
There was a young person of Janina
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Living
There was a young person of Janina,
Whose uncle was always a fanning her;
When he fanned off her head, she smiled sweetly, and said,
"You propitious old person of Janina!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person of Janina.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/169/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person of Janina.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/169/.
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