Living
There was an old person of Sestri
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Sestri,
Who sate himself down in the vestry;
When they said, "You are wrong!" he merely said "Bong!"
That repulsive old person of Sestri.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Sestri.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/196/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Sestri.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/196/.
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