My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my
provisions are not cut off, I find no abhorring in mine appetite;
my counsels are not corrupted nor infatuated, I find no false
apprehensions to work upon mine understanding; and yet they see
that invisibly, and I feel that insensibly, the disease prevails.
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But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his
youth that he cannot endure in read more
But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his
youth that he cannot endure in his age.
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.
And gazed around them to the left and right
With the prophetic eye of appetite.
And gazed around them to the left and right
With the prophetic eye of appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, read more
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la
soif e'en va en beuvant."]
Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
Keen appetite
And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
Keen appetite
And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
