In architecture,—which ranks not so well

As to be mentioned by you.—Now, if I

Show you an art whose matter every day

Is life’s necessity, which gives more scope

To skill than any other, which delights

Among the senses one which the other arts

Wholly neglect, would you not say this art

Hath the first claim? See, I could live without

The joys of harmony, colour, or form,

But without this it were impossible