The In-Gathering Cimon and Pero: A Chain of Sonnets: Sebastopol etc. By John A. Heraud |
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HEBE.
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Hebe, clad in robes of light,Pure as Heaven's own inner white,
Sailing through the summer air,
From the gods the goblet rare
Bears to man; a gift divine,
Full of consecrated wine.
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Yet, with caution in her looks,The too-eager hand rebukes:
“Though the drink be holy, yet
Bounds on all desires are set;
Temperance, of all things divine,
Is divinest,—Spare the Wine!”
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