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MISS KILMANSEGG Tradition said he feather'd his nest

Through an Agricultural Interest

In the Golden Age of Farming

When golden eggs were laid by the geese,

And COLCHAIN sheep wore a golden fleece,

And golden pippins — the sterling kind

Of Hesperus — now so hard to find

Made Horticulture quite charming!

A Lord of Land, on his own estate,

He lived at a very lively rate,