Living
There was an Old Man who supposed
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man who supposed
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large Rats ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man who supposed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/25/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man who supposed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/25/.
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