Living
There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
So blind that he couldn't his foot see;
When they said, "That's your toe," he replied, "Is it so?"
That doubtful Old Man of th' Abruzzi.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/45/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/45/.
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