Living
There was a Young Girl of Majorca
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose Aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles, and leaped fifteen stiles,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Girl of Majorca.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/89/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Girl of Majorca.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/89/.
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