Living
There was an Old Person of Cadiz
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
Who was always polite to all ladies;
But in handing his daughter, he fell into the water,
Which drowned that Old Person of Cadiz.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Cadiz.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/22/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Cadiz.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/22/.
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