No, its ashes are dead—and, alas! Love or Song

No charm to Life’s lengthening shadows can lend,

Like a cup of old wine, rich, mellow, and strong,

And a seat by the fire tête-à-tête with a friend.

——:o:——

Old Sherry.

(A Parody on the Anacreontic Song.)

To old Sheridan once as he sat in full glee,

A few duns for hard money sent a petition;

And prayed that his cash or bank notes they might see,