Living
There was an old person of Blythe
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Blythe,
Who cut up his meat with a scythe;
When they said, "Well! I never!" he cried, "Scythes for ever!"
That lively old person of Blythe.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Blythe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/197/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Blythe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/197/.
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