Living
There was an Old Man of Nepaul
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Nepaul,
From his horse had a terrible fall;
But, though split quite in two, with some very strong glue
They mended that man of Nepaul.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Nepaul.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/43/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Nepaul.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/43/.
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