Choros and actors and their lord and king

The poet: supper, still he needs must spread—

And this time all was conscientious fare:

He knew his man, his match, his master—made

Amends, spared neither fish, flesh, fowl nor wine:

So merriment increased, I promise you,

Till—something happened."

Here he strangely paused,

"After that,—Well, it either was the cup

To the Good Genius, our concluding pledge,