(Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention).

Persius: Prolog. line 10.


THOMAS PARNELL.  1679-1717.

Still an angel appear to each lover beside,

But still be a woman to you.

When thy Beauty appears.

Remote from man, with God he passed the days;

Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.

The Hermit. Line 5.