“As a vineyard breathes, whose boughs with grapes are bending,

Or garden where are hived Sicanian bees;

As upturned clods when summer rain’s descending

Or orchards rich with blossom-laden trees;

So, cruel youth, thy kisses breathe—so sweet—

Would’st thou but grant me all their grace, complete!”

IV.
Friendship in Early Christian & Mediæval Times