Living
There was an old man of Boulak
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Living
There was an old man of Boulak,
Who sate on a Crocodile's back;
But they said, "Towr'ds the night he may probably bite,
Which might vex you, old man of Boulak!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Boulak.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/213/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Boulak.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/213/.
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