[112] To describe the pinched face of famine;—

Parean l'occhiaje annella senza gemme.
Chi nel viso degli uomini legge OMO
Ben avria quivi conosciuto l'emme (M).—Purg. 23.

Again,

Quella reverenza che s'indonna
Di tutto me, pur per B e per ICE.—Parad. 7.
Nè O sì tosto mai, nè I si scrisse,
Com'ei s'accese ed arse.—Inf. 24.

[113]

Like to a sapling, lighted at one end,
Which at the other hisses with the wind,
And drops of sap doth from the outlet send:
So from the broken twig, both words and blood flow'd forth.—Wright.

[114]

Like burning paper, when there glides before
The advancing flame a brown and dingy shade,
Which is not black, and yet is white no more.—Ibid.

[115]

On either hand I saw them haste their meeting,
And kiss each one the other—pausing not—
Contented to enjoy so short a greeting.
Thus do the ants among their dingy band,
Face one another—each their neighbour's lot
Haply to scan, and how their fortunes stand.—Wright.