The Spoonbill Generator

When JB Priestley, in his bath [loaf]

Fumed latakia [chaise]

The shade of Archimedes smiled [Beefy ]

Grinned 'Eureka' [loaf]

And caused the bowl to overflow [Beefy ]

Drenching Syria [loaf]

When Rudyard Kipling, in the sun [Beefy ]

Grilled a swallow [loaf]

The shade of Alexander smiled [Beefy ]

At Apollo [Roland]

And caused the natives to revolt [Beefy ]

In Illyria [loaf]

When Doctor Johnson, in a word [Beefy ]

Said, "HMO" [Anon.]

The shade of Ali Baba smiled [loaf]

From below [Beefy ]

And caused the pundits to recant [Roland]

Their false criteria [Beefy ]