Living
There was an Old Man of Peru
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once, by mistake, in a stove she did bake
That unfortunate Man of Peru.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Peru.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/38/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Peru.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/38/.
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