One solid dish his week-day meal affords,
An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's.

One solid dish his week-day meal affords,
An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's.

First come, first served.

First come, first served.

For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.

For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.

"Pray take them, Sir,--Enough's a Feast;
Eat some, and pocket up the rest."

"Pray take them, Sir,--Enough's a Feast;
Eat some, and pocket up the rest."

What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

And solid pudding against empty praise.

And solid pudding against empty praise.

A very man--not one of nature's clods--
With human failings, whether saint or sinner:
Endowed perhaps with read more

A very man--not one of nature's clods--
With human failings, whether saint or sinner:
Endowed perhaps with genius from the gods
But apt to take his temper from his dinner.

Think of the man who first tried German sausage.

Think of the man who first tried German sausage.

Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.

Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.