Living
There was an old person of Crowle
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Crowle,
Who lived in the nest of an owl;
When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest,
That depressing old person of Crowle.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Crowle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/207/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Crowle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/207/.
Read this poem with the Codex →