Living
There was an old person of Rimini
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Rimini,
Who said, "Gracious! Goodness! O Gimini!"
When they said, "Please be still!" she ran down a hill,
And was never more heard of at Rimini.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Rimini.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/199/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Rimini.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/199/.
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