Living
There was an Old Person of Anerley
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Anerley,
Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly;
He rushed down the Strand with a Pig in each hand,
But returned in the evening to Anerley.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Anerley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/79/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Anerley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/79/.
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