| Never comes the trader thither, never o'er the purple main Sounds the oath of British commerce, or the accents of Cockaigne. |
| It is a superb land, a country of Cockaigne, as they say, that I dream of visiting with an old friend. |
| But in this world, simple walking is a Cockaigne miracle, like honest usury and pious bawdry. |
| There is a wonderful country, a country of Cockaigne, they say, which I dreamed of visiting with an old friend. |
| In Cockaigne the rivers run with wine, the hills are made of sugar candy and there are no lawyers. |
| Marc Lescarbot called Acadia the promised land of the French, and Nicolas Denys compared it to Cockaigne, a mythical land of plenty. |
