Living
There was an old man of West Dumpet
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man of West Dumpet,
Who possessed a large nose like a trumpet;
When he blew it aloud, it astonished the crowd,
And was heard through the whole of West Dumpet.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of West Dumpet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/185/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of West Dumpet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/185/.
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