Living
There was an Old Person of Philoe
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Philoe,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm when the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philoe.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Philoe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/35/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Philoe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/35/.
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