Which prove plain English truer of the two.
Hast ever had the gout? I have not had it—
But I may have, and you too, reader, dread it.
LXXIII.
The simple olives, best allies of wine,
Must I pass over in my bill of fare?
I must, although a favourite plat of mine
In Spain, and Lucca, Athens, everywhere:
On them and bread 'twas oft my luck to dine—
The grass my table-cloth, in open air,