Charles Larcom Graves

“ Private enterprise in building long has been severely checked,
And the doom of unemployment dogs the hapless architect.
Luxury is at a discount; even villa roofs are thatched;
Senators appear in togas palpably and freely patched;
Frugal fare is all the fashion; Iccius and his greedy wife,
Once disciples of Lucullus, now affect the simple life.
Even Telephus the dandy, whose complexion was his pride,
Now adopts the "bearded Cato" as his model and his guide.
He has rented an allotment, where he hoes and sows and digs,
Shuns the company of ladies, and is busy raising pigs. ”