Living
There was an Old Person of Leeds
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Leeds,
Whose head was infested with beads;
She sat on a stool and ate gooseberry-fool,
Which agreed with that Person of Leeds.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Leeds.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/21/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Leeds.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/21/.
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