For, while you eat the fat—the lean to me
Falls as my cherished portion. Lo! 'tis good!"
So henceforth—he that tells the tale relates—
In John Sprat's household waste was quite unknown;
For he the lean did eat, and she the fat,
And thus the dinner-platter was all cleared.
The Figaro, February 12, 1873.
THE PASSING OF M'ARTHUR.
(An Idyll of the Ninth of November).