Living
There was an Old Man who said, "How
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man who said, "How
Shall I flee from this horrible Cow?
I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that Cow."
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man who said, "How.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/63/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man who said, "How.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/63/.
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