Is maintained at less lavish a cost;

'Tis economy, then, to be plump

As partridges, puffins or pigs,

Who are never a prey to the hump,

So at least I interpret my SPRIGGS.

Next, the harder it freezes or snows

The greater the value of fat,

And the larger the appetite grows

Of John, Sandy, Taffy and Pat.

(Conversely, in Midsummer days,