Classic Poem

Against Grillus his greedy gluttony.

G RILLUS before his soule preferrs his tooth,
And toothsome fare before celestiall foode;
Yet common cates the Epicure doth lothe,
He eats but little but it must be good;
The Samos peacocke and the Malta crane,
The Phrigian woodcocke and th' Ambracian goat,
The dainty lamprey in Tartesla tane,
The fine fish Assinellus hardly got,
The oysters of Tarentum, fish of Helops,
Of Rhodes, and where not? (yeelding dainty cates)
The goldny of Cilicia, Chios scallops,
The nuts of Tasia, and the Aegiptian dates:
 Thus Grillus fares; yet fareth like a dog,
 That eats vp all himselfe, hee's such a hog.