III.
Reading edition
HOPE.
Hope is a subtle glutton; He feeds upon the fair; And yet, inspected closely, What abstinence is there!
His is the halcyon table That never seats but one, And whatsoever is consumed The same amounts remain.
Reading edition
Hope is a subtle glutton; He feeds upon the fair; And yet, inspected closely, What abstinence is there!
His is the halcyon table That never seats but one, And whatsoever is consumed The same amounts remain.