The Hush

The Hush
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Cheese is still quiet-Newspaper Report of the
Provision Market)
With what unqualified delight
We scan the dally press and see
In memorable black and white
That cheese, which is inclined to be
A “”rowdy”” article of diet
Is still (unnaturally) quiet!
Hpshed is the Gorgonzola’s volce
That sometimes is so loud and clear:
No longer do the tones of cholce
And frully Stilton reach our ear
The Camembert no longer capers-
According to the dairy papers
The riotous Limburges lies
Upon the dish and holds it breath,
While Roquefort wears a strange disguise
Of sternly simulated death;
In fact, the whole of cheese creation
Shows symptoms of inanimation
How long will this quiescence last?
How soon will the uncanny trance
Which has afflicted cheese be past,
And let the Gorgonzola dance?
For what is cheese that does not frolic
Until dissuaded-with carbolie?”
London Tribuns