Living
There was an Old Man on some rocks
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his Wife up in a box:
When she said, "Let me out," he exclaimed, "Without doubt
You will pass all your life in that box."
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on some rocks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/58/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on some rocks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/58/.
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