Living
There was an Old Man of the East
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of the East,
Who gave all his children a feast;
But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such,
That it killed that Old Man of the East.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the East.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/71/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of the East.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/71/.
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