Living
There was an Old Man with a beard
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a Horse when he reared;
But they said, "Never mind! you will fall off behind,
You propitious Old Man with a beard!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a beard.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/75/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a beard.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/75/.
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