Living
There was an Old Person of Prague
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Prague,
Who was suddenly seized with the plague;
But they gave him some butter, which caused him to mutter,
And cured that Old Person of Prague.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Prague.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/37/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Prague.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/37/.
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