[133]When many guests combine in common fare

Be not morose nor grudge thy liberal share:

When all contributing the feast unite,

Great is the pleasure and the cost is light.

When the libation of the morn demands

The sable wine, forbear with unwash’d hands

To lift the cup: with ear averted Jove

Shall spurn thy prayer, and every god above.

Forbear to let your water flow away

Turn’d upright tow’rds the sun’s all-seeing ray: