Punch,  38 (1860), 231.

Lines in a Season of Sickness. By a Good Liver

Anon

Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Nutrition, Disease, Health


    Having noted his enjoyment of eating, the author asks why he suffers 'So much from gout, and bile, and indigestion'. Compares those who 'gorge their brains with erudition' with himself, who has 'o'oerworked' his 'organs of nutrition'.



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