Classic Poem

Hervordshir, shild and spere;
Wosetershir, wringe pere.
Glowsetershir, shoo and naile;
Bristowshir, ship and saile.
Oxonfordshir, gird mare;
Warwikshir, bind beare.
London, globber;
Sothery, great bragger.
Shropshir, my shines been sharpe,
Lay wood to the fire, and yef me my harpe.
Lankashir, a fair archer;
Cheshir, thacker.
Northumberland, hasty and hot;
Westmerland, tot for sote.
Yorkeshir, full of knightes;
Lincolnshir, men full of mightes.
Cambridgeshir, full of pikes;
Holland, full of dikes.
Suffolk, full of wiles;
Norfolk, full of giles.
Essex, good houswives;
Middelsex, full of strives.
Kent, as hot as fire;
Sussex, full of mire.
Southampton, drie and wete;
Somersetshir, good for whete.
Devinshir, wight and strong;
Dorcetshir will have no wrong.
Willshir, fair and plaine;
Barkshir, fill vaine.
Harvodshir, full of wood;
Huntingdonshir, corne full good.
Bedfordshir is not to lack;
Buckinghamshir is his mak.
Northampton, full of love
Beneath the girdel and not above.
Nottinghamshir, full of hogges;
Darbyshir, full of dogges.
Leicestershir, full of benes;
Staffordshir, full of shrewd quenes.
Cornewall, full of tinne;
Wales, full of gentlemen.