16 COXCHOLOGY. 



XXX. 



No longer Ostreal^ does thv hue, 

 Of saffron tint or pearly blue, 



The pilgrim's guise complete; 

 The rosy ray — the saffron hue, 

 The emerald dye, the pearly blue, 

 All unattractive pass the view, 



Of those who "Uvc to eat." 



XXXI. 



Then Epicureans ! feast away, 

 Upon your sweet nutritious prey, 



With cui'ious gout acute, 

 But, ah ! from cruelty refrain. 

 Dispense not death with lingering pain. 

 Feed — amply — " feed upon the slain. 



But spare the living brute." 



