Living
There was an Old Person of Ems
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Person of Ems
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found, they said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Ems.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/88/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Person of Ems.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/88/.
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