Isthmia i, 65-71
One reward of labors is sweet to one man, one to another,—
To the shepherd, and the plower, and the bird-catcher,
And whom the sea nourishes.
But every one is tasked to ward off
Grievous famine from the stomach.
THE VENALITY OF THE MUSE
Isthmia ii, 9-18
Then the Muse was not
Fond of gain, nor a laboring woman;