Too much of acid your salad will spoil.
Mix them together;
You need not mind whether
You blend them exactly in apple-pie order!
But when you’ve stirr’d away,
Mix up the whole you may—
All but the eggs, which are used as a border.
Take, take plenty of seasoning;
A teaspoon of parsley that’s chopped in small pieces.
Though, though, the point will bear reasoning,