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POETRY.

Now

with

roses

we

are

crowned,

Let

our

mirth

and

cups

go

round,

While

a

girl,

whose

hand

a

spear,

Wound

with

ivy

twines,

does

bear,

With

her

white

feet

beats

the

ground

To

the

lyre's

harmonious

sound,

Played

by

some

fairy

boy,

whose

choice

Skill

is

heightened

by

his

voice;

Bright-haired

Love,

with

his

divine

Mother,

and

the

god

of

wine

Will

flock

hither,

glad

to

see

Old

men

of

their

company.

ANACREON.

>tl)dlo,

II.

3.

AND

let

me

the

canakin

clink,

clink,

And

let

me

the

canakin

clink:

A

soldier's

a

man,

A

life's

but

a

span,

Why,

then,

let

a

soldier

drink.

biltong

cwb

Ckopatra,

II.

7.

COME,

thou

monarch

of

the

vine,

Plumpy

Bacchus,

with

pink

eyne:

In

thy

vats

our

cares

be

drown'd;

With

thy

grapes

our

hairs

be

crown

'd

;

Cup

us,

till

the

world

go

round

;

Cup

us,

till

the

world

go

round.

King

<enrB

IV.,

Seconir

|)art,

IV.

3.

A

GOOD

sherris-sack

hath

a

twofold

operation

in

it:

it

ascends

me

into

the

brain,

dries

me

there

all

the

foolish,

and

dull

and

crudy

vapours

which

environ

it,

makes

it

apprehensive,

quick,

forgetive,

full

of

nimble,

fiery,

and

delectable

shapes,

which

de-

livered

o'er

to

the

voice

(the

tongue),

which

is

the

birth,

becomes