And thus they bid farewell to carnal dishes,

And solid meats, and highly spiced ragouts,

To live for forty days on ill-dressed fishes,

Because they have no sauces to their stews;

A thing which causes many "poohs" and "pishes,"

And several oaths (which would not suit the Muse),

From travellers accustomed from a boy

To eat their salmon, at the least, with soy;