Living
There was a young person of Kew
From More Nonsense
Living
There was a young person of Kew,
Whose virtues and vices were few;
But with blamable haste she devoured some hot paste,
Which destroyed that young person of Kew.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person of Kew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/220/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was a young person of Kew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/220/.
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