Living
There was an old person of Brigg
From More Nonsense
Living
There was an old person of Brigg,
Who purchased no end of a wig;
So that only his nose, and the end of his toes,
Could be seen when he walked about Brigg.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Brigg.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/223/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old person of Brigg.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/223/.
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