Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

James Thomson (1700-1748): The Seasons. Winter. Line 393.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,

And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Rape of the Lock. Canto iii. Line 21.

One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain,

A mere anatomy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.

Let me have men about me that are fat,

Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights:

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;

He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act i. Sc. 2.

All human history attests

That happiness for man,—the hungry sinner!—

Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Don Juan. Canto xiii. Stanza 99.