“The auld wife sat at her ivied door, (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese) A thing she had frequently done before; And her spectacles lay on her apron'd knees.”

About Charles Stuart Calverley

Poet • British

Charles Stuart Calverley was an English poet and wit, celebrated for his humorous and parodic verse. Educated at Harrow, Balliol College, Oxford, and Christ's College, Cambridge, he was a brilliant classicist and...