“Gin the goodwife stint
and the bairns hunger
the Duke can get his rent
one year longer.”
Basil Bunting (1900–1985) Poet
Gin the Goodwife Stint, from Odes I:14 (1930)
“The Duke can get his rent
and we can get our ticket
twa pund emigrant
on a C. P. R. packet.”
Gin the Goodwife Stint, from Odes I:14 (1930)
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