Living
There was an Old Man of Madras
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-colored Ass;
But the length of its ears so promoted his fears,
That it killed that Old Man of Madras.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Madras.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/19/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Madras.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/19/.
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