Living
There was an Old Person of Gretna
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna;
When they said, "Is it hot?" he replied, "No, it's not!"
That mendacious Old Person of Gretna.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Gretna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/74/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Gretna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/74/.
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