Living
There was an Old Man of the West
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of the West,
Who wore a pale plum-colored vest;
When they said, "Does it fit?" he replied, "Not a bit!"
That uneasy Old Man of the West.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the West.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/27/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the West.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/27/.
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