Living
There was an Old Man of Quebec,--
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Quebec,--
A beetle ran over his neck;
But he cried, "With a needle I'll slay you, O beadle!"
That angry Old Man of Quebec.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Quebec,--.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/33/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Quebec,--.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/33/.
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