Living
There was an old person of Hyde
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Hyde,
Who walked by the shore with his bride,
Till a Crab who came near fill'd their bosoms with fear,
And they said, "Would we'd never left Hyde!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Hyde.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/193/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Hyde.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/193/.
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