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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,
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He lived at a very lively rate,
