"Thou art ours!
Fasting shouldest thou return:
And the bite of the apple makes thee ours!"
It is worth noticing that Clement of Alexandria (Strom. iii. c. 15) illustrates the matter with the same image and the same expression: Ο? μεν ευνουχισαντε? ?αυτου? απο παση? ?μαρτια?, δια την βασιλειαν, των ουρανων, μακαριοι ο?τοι εισιν, ο? του κοσμου νηστευοντε?; (Qui se castrarunt ab omni peccato propter regnum c?lorum, ii sunt beati, a mundo jejunantes).