Living
There was an old man whose despair
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man whose despair
Induced him to purchase a hare:
Whereon one fine day he rode wholly away,
Which partly assuaged his despair.
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Lear, Edward. “There was an old man whose despair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/187/.
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Lear, Edward. “There was an old man whose despair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/187/.
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