Living
There was an Old Person of Chili
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly;
He sate on the stairs, eating apples and pears,
That imprudent Old Person of Chili.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Chili.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/4/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Chili.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/4/.
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