Living
There was an Old Person of Dover
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue clover;
But some very large Bees stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Dover.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/20/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Dover.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/20/.
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