(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.