This merry morn, we find sufficient fare, I trow.

But, novel? Scrape away the sauce; and taste, below,

The verity o' the viand,—you shall perceive there went

To board-head just the dish which other condiment

Makes palatable now: guests came, sat down, fell-to,

Rose up, wiped mouth, went way,—lived, died,—and never knew

That generations yet should, seeking sustenance,

Still find the selfsame fare, with somewhat to enhance

Its flavor, in the kind of cooking. As with hates

And loves and fears and hopes, so with what emulates