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CONTENT, NOT CATES by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: TIS NOT THE FOOD, BUT THE CONTENT
Last Line: MORE THEN A FEAST CONTENTETH ME.
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING;
'Tis not the food, but the content
That makes the Tables merriment.
Where Trouble serves the board, we eate
The Platters there, as soone as meat.
A little Pipkin with a bit
Of Mutton, or of Veale in it,
Set on my Table, (Trouble-free)
More then a Feast contenteth me.



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