Whereon, till now, is my great hunger shown,

In monstrous dint of my enormous tooth;

And—but the peopled world is too full grown

For hunger's edge—I would consume all youth

At one great meal, without delay or ruth!"

XLIV.

"For I am well nigh crazed and wild to hear

How boastful fathers taunt me with their breed,

Saying, 'We shall not die nor disappear,

But, in these other selves, ourselves succeed