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Balmoral Castle banks bear beauteous bird blood bloom boat bold brave Burns Canada CANADIAN THAMES charming cheer CHEESE ODES child cows crew DAIRY AND CHEESE dear distant DONALD ROSS doth fame farm fat duck Father Ranney fear feel fertile fight fish float friends gaze GEORGE MENZIES glorious glory gold grand happy hath heart Highland hills HOLLAND RIVER hope Indian Ingersoll isle JAMES MCINTYRE John Galt knew Lake Erie Lake Simcoe land LINES READ maple tree McIntyre McKay mighty milk mong neath never Niagara Niagara River noble o'er Ontario oyster pleasant plow poems POETS poor Prince Prince of Wales prize Queen quick river roam round rush shore sing slain snow song soon spring stream strife strong sweet tale Thamesford theme thought toil Toronto town twas whale wheat wondrous young youth
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Page 73 - We have seen thee, queen of cheese, Lying quietly at your ease, Gently fanned by evening breeze, Thy fair form no flies dare seize. All gaily dressed soon you'll go To the great Provincial show, To be admired by many a beau In the city of Toronto. Cows numerous as a swarm of bees, Or as the leaves upon the trees, It did require to make thee please. And stand unrivalled, queen of cheese. May you not receive a scar as We have heard that Mr.
Page 74 - Provincial show, To be admired by many a beau In the city of Toronto. Cows numerous as a swarm of bees. Or as the leaves upon the trees, It did require to make thee please, And stand unrivalled, queen of cheese. May you not receive a scar as We have heard that Mr Harris Intends to send you off as far as The great world's show at Paris. Of the youth beware of these, For some of them might rudely squeeze And bite your cheek, then songs or glees We could not sing, oh! queen of cheese. We'rt thou suspended...
Page 78 - OXFORD CHEESE ODE The ancient poets ne'er did dream That Canada was land of cream, They ne'er imagined it could flow In this cold land of ice and snow, Where everything did solid freeze They ne'er hoped or looked for cheese. A few years since our Oxford farms Were nearly robbed of all their charms, O'er cropped the weary land grew poor, And nearly barren as a moor, But now their owners live at ease, Rejoicing in their crop of cheese. And since they justly treat the soil, Are well rewarded for their...
Page 122 - We have scarcely time to tell thee Of the strange and gifted Shelley, Kind hearted man but ill-fated, So youthful, drowned and cremated, (p 78) The treatment of James D.
Page 71 - And the ladies dress in silk From the proceeds of the milk, But those who buy their butter. How dear it is, they mutter.
Page 51 - Robert Fleming Gourlay There came to Oxford Robert Gourlay, In his old age his health was poorly: He was a relic of the past, In his dotage sinking fast; Yet he was erect and tall Like noble ruined castle wall. In early times they did him impeach For demanding right of speech, Now Oxford he wished to represent In Canadian parliament, But him the riding did not honour, But elected Doctor Connor. Kate Ruttan, Mclntyre's daughter, idolized her father. She testified simply, "He was the loveliest man...
Page 78 - Which doth insure best grades of cheese. To us it is a glorious theme, To sing of milk, and curds, and cream, Were it collected, it could float On its bosom small steam boat, Cows, numerous as swarm of bees, Are milked in Oxford to make cheese.
Page 78 - ... Oxford farms Were nearly robbed of all their charms, O'er cropped the weary land grew poor And nearly barren as a moor, But now their owners live at ease Rejoicing in their crop of cheese. And since they justly treat the soil, Are well rewarded for their toil, The land enriched by goodly cows Yields plenty now to fill their mows, Both wheat and barley, oats and peas, But still, their greatest boast is cheese.
Page 50 - cheese poet" of Ingersoll, wrote: "About one-third of a century ago, there flourished in Canada three Scottish Editors, all of whom were Poets, McQueen [Macqueen] of the Huron Signal, Goderich, who wrote a grand song on 'Our Broad Lake...
Page 75 - Grant has here a, famous work Devoted to the cure of pork, For dairymen find it doth pay To fatten pigs upon the whey, For there is money raising grease As well as in the miking cheese.