If all things fuddle; why should I,
Of all things, be the one that’s dry?
Well, I’ll be content to thirst,
But too much drink shall make me first.
Lord Rochester (Died 1680).
The Thirsty Earth.
(Freely translated from Anacreon.)
Abraham Cowley (Died 1667.)
The thirsty earth drinks up the rain
And thirsts, and gapes for drink again;