text:  Marking her noisome road With poison's trail here crawl'd the bloated toad; There webs were spread of more than common size And half-starv'd spiders prey'd on half-starv'd flies; In quest of food efts strove in vain to crawl; Slugs pinch'd with hunger smear'd the slimy wall: The cave around with hissing serpents rung; On the damp roof unhealthy vapour hung; And Famine by her children always known As proud as poor here fix'd her native throne