Oh, for a bowl of fat Canary, <br />Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry, <br />Some nectar else, from Juno's dairy; <br />Oh, these draughts would make us merry! <br /> <br />Oh, for a wench (I deal in faces, <br />And in other daintier things); <br />Tickled am I with her embraces, <br />Fine dancing in such fairy rings. <br /> <br />Oh, for a plump fat leg of mutton, <br />Veal, lamb, capon, pig, and coney; <br />None is happy but a glutton, <br />None an ass but who want money. <br /> <br />Wines indeed and girls are good, <br />But brave victuals feast the blood; <br />For wenches, wine, and lusty cheer, <br />Jove would leap down to surfeit here.<br /><br />John Lyly<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-for-a-bowl-of-fat-canary/
