To a Lady, with a Present of a Pair of Drinking Glasses FAIR Empress of the Poet’s soul, And Queen of Poetesses; Clarinda, take this little boon, This humble pair of glasses. And fill them high with generous juice, As generous as your mind; And pledge me in the generous toast- ‘The whole of human kind!’ ‘To those who love us!’-second fill; But not to those whom we love; Lest we love those who love not us! A third-’To thee and me, Love!’ |
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