. . . . Epicuri de grege porcum
(You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide,— . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd).—Horace: Epistolæ, lib. i. iv. 15, 16.
RICHARD GIFFORD. 1725-1807.
Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound;
She feels no biting pang the while she sings;
Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around,[393:2]
Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things.[393:3]
Contemplation.