Living
There was an old person of Ickley
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Ickley,
Who could not abide to ride quickly;
He rode to Karnak on a tortoise's back,
That moony old person of Ickley.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Ickley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/192/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Ickley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/192/.
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