Living
There was an old man of Dumblane
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man of Dumblane,
Who greatly resembled a crane;
But they said, "Is it wrong, since your legs are so long,
To request you won't stay in Dumblane?"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dumblane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/182/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Dumblane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/182/.
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