Living
There was an old person of Cannes
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Cannes,
Who purchased three fowls and a fan;
Those she placed on a stool, and to make them feel cool
She constantly fanned them at Cannes.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Cannes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/191/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Cannes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/191/.
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