Living
There was an Old Man of the Nile
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of the Nile,
Who sharpened his nails with a file,
Till he cut off his thumbs, and said calmly, "This comes
Of sharpening one's nails with a file!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the Nile.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/44/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the Nile.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/44/.
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