Living
There was an old Lady of Winchelsea
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old Lady of Winchelsea,
Who said, "If you needle or pin shall see
On the floor of my room, sweep it up with the broom!"
That exhaustive old Lady of Winchelsea!
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old Lady of Winchelsea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/208/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old Lady of Winchelsea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/208/.
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