Are now diminished to an humble Few.
after l. 131:
Not that such Guests were by the palate led,
Or would have aught except the Spirit fed;
Yet, while the food of minds the men pursue,
They judge it well to feed the Body too.
The Frame’s supporters without that supply, }
The Nerves, become unstrung; the Spirits fly, }
And e’en the Tongue itself grows weary, faint, and dry; }
And, like a noble but neglected Steed,