Price soon will rise, though now ’tis low, And brooks of milk will onward flow; Were it collected in one stream There would be floods of milk and cream.
Where this text comes from
First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]
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Cite this poem
James McIntyre (1828?–1906).
“Facts About Cheese.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884).
Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/facts-about-cheese/.
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