Living
There was an Old Man of the South
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of the South,
Who had an immoderate mouth;
But in swallowing a dish that was quite full of Fish,
He was choked, that Old Man of the South.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the South.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/48/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the South.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/48/.
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