The Archive · 1926

Song for a Birthday

If 1 could leave my station 'And forage in the attic she) Buy, a forgotten century £0 Or blow Catullus' dust into to run backward of Time, sixpence Thyme; If that clear faith that built the Parthe Tay ponderable there for theft or sal Tf'ine nine perfumes of th Bane Had swooned for ever in a liken bale!

If 1 could fee for you the Age of Reason, Or hang. the. Spacious Day about your bed: Chip from the Fey Ages one Pare jewel To swim and part the wave jes-upon your he "pa fit my srms—then drop the silly'

What need, to. bind Renaseenc Where all Time's graces ride in constellation, And every Age consents in ovetier Now?

AE: A. G. Stone in. "Weekly Westminster"

The breast should then be covered with a wide slice of fat bacon tied round with tape.

Tt cannot be said too often that everything depends on the basting. While the, bird is roasting it must be constantly basted with butter, If the thick part of the leg "gives" when it is pressed it is a sign the bird is cooked.

Twenty to twenty-five minutes should be allowed for roasting young parti Three-quarters an hour to an hour should be allowed for roasting pheasant, and here again, basting is all important, Woodcock should be very lightly roasted, say about a quarter of an hour. They are not drawn, Lay on a piece of buttered toast, a piece of bacon issd over the breast, and while they. are roasting they should be constantly basted: Serve on the torist, Designed and drayon Jor

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