Living
There was an old person of Stroud
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Stroud,
Who was horribly jammed in a crowd;
Some she slew with a kick, some she scrunched with a stick,
That impulsive old person of Stroud.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Stroud.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/212/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Stroud.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/212/.
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