Living
There was an Old Man on whose nose
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man on whose nose
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away at the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on whose nose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/94/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man on whose nose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/94/.
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