Gaily the feast of their beloved Adonis.

She who invites is a right merry lass,

And nothing will be spared: therefore be quick,

Tuck up your robe, and come away with me. —Anon.


Alexis. (Book viii. § 15, p. 532.)

Talk not to me of schools and trim academies,

Of music or sage meetings held at Pylus—

I'll hear no more of them: mere sugar'd words

Which melt as you pronounce them. Fill your cup