Living
There was an Old Person of Rheims
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Rheims.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/59/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Rheims.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/59/.
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