Living
There was an Old Person of Cheadle
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Cheadle
Was put in the stocks by the Beadle
For stealing some pigs, some coats, and some wigs,
That horrible person of Cheadle.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Cheadle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/78/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Cheadle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/78/.
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