Lines on Tilsonburg
After him who did mills own
This place was called in honor Tilson.
Bright gleaming like a morning star
Is clear waters of the Otter,
And it doth form here a vast pond
Which extends for miles beyond ;
A fortune on town it will shower,
This prodigious water-power.
No other spots to youth appear
Like lovely little lake Lisgear,
And few small towns have fine roadway,
Lined with brick blocks, like your Broadway.
Elsewhere, the firemen slave like Turks,
But you have got good water works ;
And some do many a mile go
For to see your famous silo.
