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Silenus

By Thomas Woolner

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To his full lips the rich Hephaestion cup

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Lifting, Silenus drained its splendour void.
A deed so noble fired with zeal the rest,
Who emptied theirs in glorious sympathy;
When cheerily again Silenus sang.