With rolling months to go the round;

And, as the sunshine's short or long,

Yield flavours exquisite or strong:

Fishes, 'tis known, as seasons vary,

Are delicate, or quite 'contrary;'

The tribes of air, like those of fin,

Change with each sign the sun goes in:

So that who only knows what cheer,

Not when to buy's no cook, 'tis clear.

A cook who would his kitchen show,