Nor that which Cestria sends, tenacious paste 50
Of solid milk. But ye of softer clay
Infirm and delicate! and ye who waste
With pale and bloated sloth the tedious day!
Avoid the stubborn aliment, avoid
The full repast; and let sagacious age 55
Grow wiser, lesson’d by the dropping teeth.
Half subtiliz’d to chyle, the liquid food
Readiest obeys th’ assimilating powers;
And soon the tender vegetable mass