Living
There was an old person of Wilts
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Wilts,
Who constantly walked upon stilts;
He wreathed them with lilies and daffy-down-dillies,
That elegant person of Wilts.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Wilts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/179/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Wilts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/179/.
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