Living
There was an Old Person whose habits
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person whose habits
Induced him to feed upon Rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits.
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Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person whose habits.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/26/.
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Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person whose habits.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/26/.
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