Living
There was an Old Man of Aôsta
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Aôsta
Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
But they said, "Don't you see she has run up a tree,
You invidious Old Man of Aôsta?"
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Aôsta.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/96/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Aôsta.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/96/.
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