Alike thy brows and mine,

While thus I quaff the bowl, reclined

Beneath th’ o’erarching vine.

TO DELIUS.

BOOK II., ODE III.

Firm be thy soul!—serene in power,

When adverse fortune clouds the sky;

Undazzled by the triumph’s hour,

Since, Delius, thou must die—

Alike, if still to grief resign’d,