Deep and capacious as the swelling hold

Of some stout bark she shaped the hollow mould,

Then turning out a vessel like a tun,

Simp'ring exclaim'd—Observe! I drink but one. —Cumberland.


Archilochus. (Book xi. § 66, p. 771.)

Come then, my friend, and seize the flask,

And while the deck around us rolls,

Dash we the cover from the cask,

And crown with wine our flowing bowls.