Living
There was an Old Person of Hurst
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Hurst,
Who drank when he was not athirst;
When they said, "You'll grow fatter!" he answered "What matter?"
That globular Person of Hurst.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Hurst.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/18/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Hurst.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/18/.
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