Living
There was an Old Man of Calcutta
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Calcutta,
Who perpetually ate bread and butter;
Till a great bit of muffin, on which he was stuffing,
Choked that horrid Old Man of Calcutta.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Calcutta.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/46/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Calcutta.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/46/.
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