Living
There was an Old Lady whose folly
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Lady whose folly
Induced her to sit in a holly;
Whereon, by a thorn her dress being torn,
She quickly became melancholy.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Lady whose folly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/57/.
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Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Lady whose folly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/57/.
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