350. Persicos Odi by William Makepeace Thackeray
b"WM Thackeray read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nPersicos Odi by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 \\u2013 1863)\\n\\nDear Lucy, you know what my wish is,-\\nI hate all your Frenchified fuss:\\nYour silly entr\\xe9es and made dishes\\nWere never intended for us.\\nNo footman in lace and in ruffles\\nNeed dangle behind my arm-chair;\\nAnd never mind seeking for truffles,\\nAlthough they be ever so rare.\\n\\nBut a plain leg of mutton, my Lucy,\\nI prithee get ready at three:\\nHave it smoking, and tender, and juicy,\\nAnd what better meat can there be?\\nAnd when it has feasted the master,\\n'Twill amply suffice for the maid;\\nMeanwhile I will smoke my canaster,\\nAnd tipple my ale in the shade.\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 3 October 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"