Living
There was an Old Person of Dutton
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Dutton,
Whose head was as small as a button;
So to make it look big he purchased a wig,
And rapidly rushed about Dutton.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Dutton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/66/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Dutton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/66/.
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