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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANGERS, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: If from man's vile arts I flee
Last Line: Of every sort and kind and station / dame nature just beats all creation
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
First Line: If from man's vile arts I flee
Last Line: Of every sort and kind and station / dame nature just beats all creation
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
If from man's vile arts I flee
And at the pump drink water free,
Observe what happens unto me!
I gulp down infusoriæ
And quarts of raw bacteria
And hideous rotatoriæ
And wriggling polygastricæ
And slimy diatomaceæ
And hard-shelled ophryocercinæ
And double-barrelled colpodæ,
Non-loricated amboedæ,
And assorted animalcula,
Of middle, high, and low degree.
For when it comes to adulteration
Of every sort and kind and station
Dame Nature just beats all creation.
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