Marcus Varro went up and down br The places where old books were sold; br He ransacked all the shops in town br For pictures new and pictures old. br He gave the folk of earth no peace; br Snooping around by day and night, br He plied the trade in Rome and Greece br Of an insatiate Grangerite. br br 'Pictures!' was evermore his cry -- br 'Pictures of old or recent date,' br And pictures only would he buy br Wherewith to 'extra-illustrate.' br Full many a tome of ancient type br And many a manuscript he took, br For nary purpose but to swipe br Their pictures for some other book. br br While Marcus Varro plied his fad br There was not in the shops of Greece br A book or pamphlet to be had br That was not minus frontispiece.