Aristophon. (Book vi. § 34, p. 376.)
If I'm at once forbid to eat or drink,
I'm a Tithymallus or Philippides.
If to drink water only, I'm a frog—
To feed on leaves and vegetable diet,
I am at once a very caterpillar—
Forbid the bath, I quarrel not with filth—
To spend the winter in the open air,
I am a blackbird; if to scorch all day,