Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-06
The Pope's Recent Poem.
Stunning All Gluttony. BE Contented
with Fare that Is Frugal.
To Iabricius Rufus.

To Fabricius Rufus
CNew York World)
How every malady we may defeat
And lengthen life By studying what &c
Would you in weighty words Of wisdom
From one who has the Hippocratic turn
And all the Ills Of Gluttony can tell usy-
Take these prime precepts OF the good
Ofellus.
study first beauty; without vulgar show
Spread china fair on linen white as snow
Serve sound Albanian wine from cellars
rare.
Twill cheer your spirits and dissolve your
care.
But use il soberly-nor trust too much
The great Unbender's often dangerous
touch;
Nor fear that Il be held an evil sign
with water freely to baDtize your wine.
BE certain OF fine grain; more certain
To have your bread wel-baked with per-
feet SKILL
CaDons and fatted mutton, and the clear
Fine. Juicy pieces from Stalled steer.
OF these take joyfuly; who freely eats
VIII ind for man they are the proper
meats
Tender your meat must be; and served Ia
courses,
Slowly ana plain. not fierce with eastern
sauces.
And new-laid eggs are excellent for man
on a slow fire. in little pan,
Have them just moderately dried, or so
IL YOU prefer 1T. that the juice may flow.
In this the rule itself your taste obeys,
But they are good in many other ways.
with foamlng milk you may your thirst
assuage-
g.f..
Next fetch that special favor of the skies,
Hvblaean honey-'tis a heavenly prize,
But of this nectar pour rhe merest taste
And from your garden be the table sraced
With the green products Of suburban soil
And dress your tender lettuce sweet with
Add as they ripen through the bounteous
wear.
Delicious fruits; the apple has no peer.
Let apples rubicund in color CLEAN
And over all the basket shine supreme
Last Mocha's roasted berry crowns the
feast
The fragrant beverage Of the fertile East
Tasted and swallowed sip by sip--not
quaifed-
Naught cheers the stomach like this ge-
NAL draught.
This frugal fare-this diet safe and sage
Use. and be sure OF vigorous old age.
i1Al iGiuiNOUy OIIOrtl 10 All LfllS tAdHlS-
An unclean Siren, and with cruel hands
(Ofellus stu this further truth decl3res)
Weaves FOR the sons Of men her deadly
gnpves
This Is her way; banquet she combines
s...-le syIs~O-s Dln~ihent IN splendor
Hangings there richly wrought with pur-
pie glow.
And decorated napkins all for show.
The glasses stand in rows I'm long array.
And brass and silver all their ulaZe dig.
play;
Parsley and thyme and wreaths Of flow.
ers rare
with fragrance overload the heavy air.
With this magnifcence, and with a voice
That cheats IN words, she gathers at her
choice
Unwary guests, and on the couches these
Invites TO sprawl In loose luxurious ease
Choice wine Is drawn from many an am
DIE can,
Falernian old. and rarest Caecuban.
Whatever cordial refined art
Has made to touch the taste and warm
From must and fruit distilled. each con.
For all is urged in eyer-howing cups.
Each one o. some especial DAINTY doies'
Fiercely they irrisate their ardent
A whole Lucanian boar they now pro-
Charged with hot spices, and with oil
DrOfuse;
And great goose llvers and fat sides OF
hare
Places with thrushes and with pigeons
share.
Meats iostle fish. with oysters clans col.
Hide.
And all that may be edible beside.
Lampreys and prawns In one vast dish
are seen.
And guests gaze open-mouthed with won.
dering mien;
TIL goreed with all that is before them
gives place to lOathlng and dis
gust.
At last with too much drink inhamed
thew rise.
An insane fury blazing IN their eyes;
In drunken quarreis words with blows are
They rage. they fight they fall, and SO
And eayly Gluttony with laughter starts.
now in all her evil arts;
In degradation each the Siren sleeps.
Oerwholmed like sailors washed adown
the deeps-
Now suddenly comes On another scene:
Praecordial pangs and spasms intervene,
Torrents OF bile the heated liver pours
Into the o'erfraught stomach, each one
And writhes in paroxysmal sweats and
pains,
And terrible internal turmoil relgns.
They staggcr. pale; and stand win stupid
stare.
What is there more that GIuttOny may
dare2
What. but to pierce the soul and blot
with shame
That single sparkle OF immortal fame
G.. ". HOSMER, ST. ID.
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