Living
There was an old person of Bar
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Bar,
Who passed all her life in a jar,
Which she painted pea-green, to appear more serene,
That placid old person of Bar.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bar.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/219/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Bar.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/219/.
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