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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COUNSEL TO THOSE THAT EAT, by ANONYMOUS First Line: With chocolate-cream that you buy in the cake Subject(s): Cakes;children;chocolates;food & Eating; Childhood | |||
WITH chocolate-cream that you buy in the cake Large mouthfuls and hurry are quite a mistake. Wise persons prolong it as long as they can But putting in practice this excellent plan. The cream from the chocolate lining they dig With a Runaway match or a clean little twig. Many hundreds, -- nay, thousands -- of scoopings they make Before they've exhausted a twopenny cake. With ices 'tis equally wrongful to haste; You ought to go slowly and dwell on each taste. Large mouthfuls are painful, as well as unwise, For they lead to an ache at the back of the eyes. And the delicate sip is e'en better, one finds, If the ice is a mixture of different kinds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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