Living
There was an old man of Dumbree
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man of Dumbree,
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, "To eat mice is not proper or nice,"
That amiable man of Dumbree.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dumbree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/175/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dumbree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/175/.
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