Living
There was an Old Person of Tartary
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Tartary,
Who divided his jugular artery;
But he screeched to his Wife, and she said, "Oh, my life!
Your death will be felt by all Tartary!"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Tartary.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/82/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Tartary.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/82/.
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