Versos English James Miller Aubery

English poem

Aubery

by (1860–1947)

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Pshaw! kickshaws and trifles; My bag of oatmeal now would bring content, Could I enjoy it in a peaceful shade With Flora, and her sister Innocence. My light iron girdle, now it lacketh flour, Is like a body parted with the soul, Or like our hide-form’d cauldrons void of venison.