Tomkins will clear the land, they say,
From every foul abuse:
So chimneys in the olden day,
Were cleansed by a goose.

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"On a Radical Reformer", in English Epigrams (1878), p. 170 | Tomkins will clear the land, they say, From every foul abuse; So chimneys in the olden time Were cleansèd by a goose.

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