  "Mamma, why mayn't I, when we dine, Eat ham and goose, and drink white wine? And pray, why may not I, like you, Have soup and fish, and mutton too?" "Because, my dear, it is not right To spoil a youthful appetite; By things unwholesome, though enjoy'd, The infant appetite is cloy'd. "A slice of mutton, roast or boil'd, Or good roast beef, best suits a child; A bread, or ground-rice, pudding too Is food adapted well for you. "From eating highly flavour'd things Illness or inconvenience springs; You lose the love of common food, Nor relish what will do you good." |
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