A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
Horace imitated. Ode 27. Book I. |
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Horace imitated. Ode 27. Book I.
I
Sit down—'tis a scandal for Christians to fight;See, how the wine blushes asham'd at the sight!
Come, lay by your Logick, let each take his glass;
In vino (the proverb affirms) veritas.
II
Is mine the first bumper—then Damon your toast,Say, what pretty Charmer your soul has engross'd?
What a-deuce do you scruple? unless you'ill comply,
I'ill not touch a drop on't, no marry, not I.
III
Make haste then—good Gods! is it she? O the quean!A pert little tyrant as ever was seen!
What magick can loose thee? Alass thou must hope,
No freedom from chains—till releas'd by a rope.
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