For I feel while I'm cheer'd by the drop that I lift,
I'm Blest by the Motive that hallows the Gift."
How nicely tempered is this chorus to our Bard's "Life's a Fable:"—
"Then roll along, my lyric song;
It seasons well the table,
And tells a truth to Age and Youth,
That Life's a fleeting fable.
Thus Mirth and Woe the brighter show
From rosy wine's reflection;