Living

There was a Young Lady of Poole

by Edward Lear 1812–1888

From A Book of Nonsense

Living

There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.

MLA

Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Poole.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/90/.

Chicago

Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Poole.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/90/.

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