A peck of peas I steep.

When boil’d till tender they have been,

I rub through a sieve the peas so green.

Though the trouble the indolent may shock,

I rub with all my power;

And having returned them to the stock,

I stew them for more than an hour;

Then of younger peas I take some more,

The mixture to improve,

Thrown in a little time before,