The Well upon the Brook 1
Were foolish to depend－
Let Brooks－renew of Brooks－
But Wells－of failless Ground!
Were foolish to depend－
Let Brooks－renew of Brooks－
But Wells－of failless Ground!
(F.1051/J.1091)
[1] Well:: well-basket, a deep basket used by peddlers. Brook:: brook leek. The well-basket made of brook leek. Brook Farm by George Ripley in 1841.
[2] foolish to depend:: The idea of Brook Fram is unreliable.
[3] Brooks, Brooks:: streams of income, inhabitants of Brook Fram.
[3, 4] Let leeks regrow leeks, but basket made of failless net!
[4] Ground:: the net of meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
I remember I give two shillings for a 'shallow;' that's a flat basket with two handles; they put 'em a top of 'well-baskets,' them as can carry a good load. A well-basket's almost like a coffin; it's a long un like a shallow, on'y it's a good deal deeper－about as deep as a washin' tub. ─ London Labour and the London Poor (1861)