Living
There was an Old Man on a hill
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down in his Grandmother's gown,
Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on a hill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/3/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on a hill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/3/.
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