Living
There was an old man, who when little
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old man, who when little
Fell casually into a kettle;
But, growing too stout, he could never get out,
So he passed all his life in that kettle.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man, who when little.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/216/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man, who when little.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/216/.
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