With songs of grateful praise, such as become
The wise and good to offer to the gods,
In chaste and modest phrase. They humbly ask,
Pouring their free libations, to preserve
A firm and even mind; to do no wrong,
But equal justice to dispense to all;
A task more easy, more delightful far,
Than to command, to slander, or oppress.
At such repasts each guest may safely drink
As much as suits his sober appetite,