This quatrain’s a gloss upon Spriggs.)
For strenuous muscular work
A larger allowance of grub
We need than is due if we shirk
Exertion, and lounge in a pub;
For the loafer who rests in a chair
Everlastingly puffing at “cigs”
Can live pretty nearly on air,
So I gather at least from my Spriggs.
Why children need plentiful food