Distill the grape in drops of joy,

And while he smiles at every tear,

Let warm-eyed Venus, dancing near,

With spirits of the genial bed,

The dewy herbage deftly tread.

Let Love be there, without his arms,

In timid nakedness of charms;

And all the Graces, linked with Love,

Stray, laughing, through the shadowy grove;

While rosy boys, disporting round,