I groped for him before I knew 1
With solemn nameless need
All other bounty sudden chaff
For this foreshadowed Food
Which others taste and spurn and sneer－5
Though I within suppose
That consecrated it could be
The only Food that grows
With solemn nameless need
All other bounty sudden chaff
For this foreshadowed Food
Which others taste and spurn and sneer－5
Though I within suppose
That consecrated it could be
The only Food that grows
(F.1585/J.1555)
[1] him:: canned food.
[4] foreshadowed Food:: the food that shadowed in a can for the future.
[5] others taste, spurn, sneer:: it tasted bad at that time.
[7] consecrated:: the way to process the food is more like for deity than human.
[8] grows:: becomes popular.
To accept so much as a barrel of flour or a box of canned food. "You will want them more than we," was the uniform answer. ─ The open Polar Sea (1867)