Living
There was an Old Man of Bohemia
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Bohemia,
Whose daughter was christened Euphemia;
But one day, to his grief, she married a thief,
Which grieved that Old Man of Bohemia.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Bohemia.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/53/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Bohemia.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/53/.
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