Living
There was a Young Lady of Parma
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer:
When they said, "Are you dumb?" she merely said, "Hum!"
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Parma.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/92/.
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Lear, Edward. “There was a Young Lady of Parma.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/92/.
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