Living
There was an Old Person of Rhodes
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
Who strongly objected to toads;
He paid several cousins to catch them by dozens,
That futile Old Person of Rhodes.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Rhodes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/47/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Rhodes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/47/.
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