LORD MIDDLETON. 147 



To Her who keeps the house in awe, 

 And rules supreme by kitchen law, 

 I give the sugar and the tea, 

 The plumbs and spices, and coffee. 

 Preserves and pickles, peppermint. 

 And other waters, without stint. 



Unto the housemaid's noisy Crew, 

 The chairs and tables, (not a few,) 

 Brushes and brooms, dusters and wings. 

 And sundry other useful things. 

 The mats, the carpets, every skreen. 

 And all that they have used to clean. 



To Dorothy the dairy-maid. 

 Who reared of lambs, full many a cade, 

 I give permission for to seize 

 The churn, the butter, and the cheese. 

 Bowls, buckets, puncheons, lead, and all 

 That to the lot of dairy fall. 



To her who keeps the linen clean. 

 The Laundrymaid 's the girl I mean. 

 The shirts, the sheets, the napkins white. 

 With table cloths, shall be her right. 



And to the Cook, whate'er befits 

 Her occupation ; pans and spits. 

 The poker, tongs, the fork that toasts. 

 And all with which she boils and roasts ; 

 Hams, tongues, and bacon, be her lot. 

 And every thing that goes to pot. 



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