Living
There was an Old Man of Apulia
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Apulia,
Whose conduct was very peculiar;
He fed twenty sons upon nothing but buns,
That whimsical Man of Apulia.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Apulia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/32/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Apulia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/32/.
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