Living
There was an old man of Messina
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Living
There was an old man of Messina,
Whose daughter was named Opsibeena;
She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig,
To the perfect delight of Messina.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Messina.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/224/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an old man of Messina.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/224/.
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