English poem
Daily Trials.
by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (1837–1915)
By a Dyspeptic.
UNCH, sir? Yes-ser, Pickled Salmon
Cutlets Kidneys Greens and"--
"Gammon!
Have you got no wholesome
meat, sir?
Flesh or fowl that one can
eat, sir?"
"Eat, sir? Yes-ser, on the dresser
Pork, sir"--"Pork, sir, I detest, sir"--
"Lobsters?"
"Are to me unblest, sir"--
"Duck and Peas?"
"I can't digest, sir"--
'Roe, sir?"
"No, sir!"
"Fish, sir?"
"Pish, sir!"
Sausage?"
"Sooner eat the dish, sir--
Hath a puppy charms for Briton?
Can the soul rejoice in kitton?
"Shrimps, sir? Prawns, sir? Crawfish? Winkle?
Scallops ready in a twinkle?
Wilks and Cockles, Crabs to follow!"
"Heav'ns, nothing I can swallow!
Waitar!"
"Yes-sar."
"Bread for twenty.
I shall starve in midst of plenty!"