... run many a chirping brood, Or down his path in expectation stand, With equal claims upon his strewing hand. Thus wastes the morn, till each with pleasure sees The bustle o'er, and press'd the new-made cheese. The poetical works of Robert Bloomfield - Page 9by Robert Bloomfield - 1855 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Greaves Nall - English language - 2006 - 236 pages
...names for it. 'Unrivall'd stands thy county cheese, O Giles! Whose very name alone engenders smiles; Whose fame abroad by every tongue is spoke, The well-known butt of many a flinty joke, Its name derision and reproach pursue, And strangers tell of "three times skimm'd skye-blue" '. Bloomfield.... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1866 - 786 pages
...new-made cheese. Unrivall'd stands thy country cheese, O Giles ! Whose very name alone engenders smiles ; Whose fame abroad by every tongue is spoke, The well-known...mart, Dependant, huge metropolis .' where art Her poring thousands stows in breathless rooms, Midst poisonous smokes and steams, and rattling looms ;... | |
| 1901 - 820 pages
...wrote :— Unrivall'd stands thy county cheese, 0 Giles ! Whose very name alone engenders smiles ; Whose fame abroad by every tongue is spoke. The well-known butt of many a flinty joke. Its name derision and reproach pursue, And strangers tell of 'three times skimm'd sky-blue.' Again,... | |
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