...introduction of silk dresses, chocolate, tobacco, and French wines ; while he extols the old times when — ' Men fared hardly, yet without complaint,...Was eat with clamp-shells out of wooden trays Under thatched hutts, without the cry of rent ; And the best sauce to every dish— content.' ROGER WOLCOT...

...and shine when all of these are gone Brnjcitmn (ftljcmison. HEW ENGLAND*S CRISIS, (I67S-) ' I ''HE times wherein old Pompion was a saint, When men fared...yet without complaint On vilest cates : the dainty Indian-maize Was eat with clamp-shells out of wooden trayes, Under thatched huts, without the cry of...

...107(5. (The Prologue commences thus:) — The tini»« wherein old Pompion was a saint, When men far'd hardly, yet without complaint, On vilest Cates, the dainty Indian maize Was eat with Clamp Shells, out of wooden Trayes, &o. Wood. — New England's Prospect; a true, lively, and experimental...

...1676. (The Prologue commences thus:) — The times wherein old Pompion was a saint, When men far'd hardly, yet without complaint, On vilest Cates, the dainty Indian maize Was eat with Clamp Shells, out of wooden Trayes, &c. Wood. — New England's Prospect ; a true, lively, and experimental...

...all agreeing, he read what follows, which I copy from his book : — " The times wherein old PUMPK1N was a saint, When men fared hardly, yet without complaint, On vilest cates ; the dainty Indian maze Was eat with clam-shells out of wooden trays. Under thatched roofs, without the cry of rent, And...

...But the beginners well deserve the praise. THE PBOLOODb. The times wherein old Pompion woe a snint, When men fared hardly yet without complaint, On vilest cates ; the dainty Indian maize WM eat with clamp-shells out of wooden trovs, • Ketteir§ Specimens of American Poetry, Toi. i. j...

...consumption, etc. These clams feed only on sand." — John Winthrop, in Journal of the Royal Soc. 1634. " The times wherein old Pompion was a saint, When men...maize Was eat with clamp-shells, out of wooden trays." B. Thompson, New England's Crisis, 1675. "SONNET TO A CLAM. " ' Bum tacent clamant.' " Inglorious friend...

...the year 1676, entitled "New England's Crisis," by Benjamin Thomson, the prologue commences thus : "The times wherein Old Pompion was a saint, When men...vilest cates, the dainty Indian maize Was eat with clamp shells out of wooden trays." Thus much for its historical interest ; and now let us at once enter...

...consumption, fte. These clams feed only on sand." — Julm Winthrop, in Journal of the Koynl Soc. 1634. " The times wherein old Pompion was a saint, When men...without complaint, On vilest cates ; the dainty Indian mai/.c Was eat with clamp-shells, out of wooden trays " B. Thompson, Neto Kmjland's Crisis, 1675. "SONNET...

...in Journal iiftltc lioynl .S'oc. 1G;J4. "The times wherein old I'ompinn was a saint, When men fa nil hardly, yet without complaint, On vilest cates; the dainty Indian maize Was cat with clamp-shells, out of wooden trays " li. Thorn/ami, \t-iv EtiijIaruTi Crisis, 1675. "SONNET...