LITTLENESS NO CAUSE OF LEANNESS.
by Robert Herrick


ONE feeds on lard, and yet is lean,
And I but feasting with a bean
Grow fat and smooth.  The reason is :
Jove prospers my meat more than his.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 216.


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