English poem
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Pudding
MRS. MERDLE DISCOURSETH OF THE NECESSITY OF GOOD WINE AND OTHER MATTERS
MRS. MERDLE SUGGESTETH THAT DINNER BEING FINISHED, THE GENTLEMEN WILL SMOKE. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE DISCOURSETH
MRS. MERDLE, HAVING “NIBBLED A LITTLE” FOR TWO HOURS AT DINNER, RETIRETH FROM THE TABLE UNSATISFIED
THE POET MORALIZETH.--HE DISCOURSETH TO THOSE WHO GORGE AND COMPLAIN