THE LAY OF THE HUNGRY GASTRONOME.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 159, 29 September 1883, Page 18

THE LAY OF THE HUNGRY GASTRONOME.

„ Tender are the silver moonbeams '"".{ [ Falling on the; dewy; e'arfch;! - : j / -. } " " : 7 Tender are the opal glories ' * "'''; ! Of the young day's ear.ly;hir,th ; '■' J V Tender are the, sqf tened f^eejings, . .. { „ „ ' : When young Love begins tb Vake r- 1 -" ; , Yet, more tender to my. thinking, . , , ""'■'■' : '■ Is a well-grilled, , juicy' steak. " : ' ' Tender' are a maiden's blushes;''' "' ' " ' ■ ' Stealing o'er hpr .velvet cheeky ;. („ Tender are her downcast glances, ■■', Showing love she doesnot speak ; Tender are the lover's feelings, Chiming pleasant dMiyTamb^^ 5 " Yet, more tender to my thinking,-' K Is some well-cooked vealandham. Tenderly the mother glances' • : ! :f ■ ,-. ■ At the babe iipon her breast,-' - And her soul, with, love 'maternal, ; Yearns with feelings 1 unexpressed ; — ". , Yet, more tender is the yearning. Of my hungry diaphragm', ,; ' . When I sniff the savoury odours . ;„ Of a well-browned fowl, with ham. \- '• • Tender are the balmly breathings ; . , Of the flowery air of Spring ; Wild, yet tender, are the' pulsings That Love's first fond kisses bring. Bother all these fancy notions — All similes now I drop — For to me my cook is bringing Olson's sause and devilled chop, With a bottle of old " Bull Dog," Carnivorian yearns to stop.