Living
There was an Old Man of Leghorn
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
The smallest that ever was born;
But quickly snapt up he was once by a Puppy,
Who devoured that Old Man of Leghorn.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Leghorn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/60/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Leghorn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/60/.
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