[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by whswhs

When Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald,
In the days of Diocletian owned our lower river field,
He called to him Hobdenius, a Briton of the clay,
Saying, "What about that river-bit for laying in to hay?"

And the aged Hobden answered, "I remember as a lad
My father told your father that she wanted dreenin' bad,
And the more that you neeglect her the less you'll get her clean.
Hev it jist as you've a mind to, but—if I was you, I'd dreen."

(the first two stanzas of Kipling's "The Land")

I remember that one.