Living
There was a Young Lady of Troy
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was a Young Lady of Troy,
Whom several large flies did annoy;
Some she killed with a thump, some she drowned at the pump,
And some she took with her to Troy.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Troy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/64/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Troy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/64/.
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