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AMBROSIA by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: I HAVE SIPPED AND SUPPED AND TASTED
Last Line: BOYHOOD'S BOWL OF BREAD-AND-MILK!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; FOOD & EATING; CHILDHOOD;
I have sipped and supped and tasted
Of the food a poet sings;
Rare exotic fauna, basted
By some chef, the peer of kings.
Cloyed, I've thrown aside or wasted
Nectar and ambrosial things.

Though I sit amid the gleam of
Damask, broadcloth, shimmering silk,—
Crystal bowls that hold the cream of
Nature's stores of every ilk;
Oft in yearning mood I dream of
Boyhood's bowl of bread-and-milk!



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