Living
There was an Old Man of the North
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of the North,
Who fell into a basin of broth;
But a laudable cook fished him out with a hook,
Which saved that Old Man of the North.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the North.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/39/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the North.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/39/.
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