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AN EPITAPH ON A GLUTTON. |
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AN EPITAPH ON A GLUTTON.
Here lies a Man, who cou'd devour
A Month's Provision, in an Hour.
A Calf, of Pharo's lean-ribb'd Kine,
That swallow'd, at each Bit, a Chine;
Yet Men thought Famine was his Case,
So meagre look'd his harpy Face.
A Month's Provision, in an Hour.
A Calf, of Pharo's lean-ribb'd Kine,
That swallow'd, at each Bit, a Chine;
Yet Men thought Famine was his Case,
So meagre look'd his harpy Face.
When Meat is dear, and Money rare,
We well his Company might spare;
As well it was for all Mankind,
In Noah's Ark he ne'er had din'd;
For clean, and unclean, at a Meal,
Had been, at once, devour'd Wholesale.
We well his Company might spare;
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In Noah's Ark he ne'er had din'd;
For clean, and unclean, at a Meal,
Had been, at once, devour'd Wholesale.
Mortals, rejoice, that he's no more—
For had he liv'd but till Threescore,
Great Hercules had ne'er been able
To clean his vast Augëan Stable.
For had he liv'd but till Threescore,
Great Hercules had ne'er been able
To clean his vast Augëan Stable.
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