And the choicest of wine is my colour;
And I find that my nose takes the mellowest hues,
The fuller I fill it,—the fuller.
Jolly Nose! there are fools who say drink hurts the sight
Such dullards know nothing about it;
’Tis better with wine to extinguish the light,
Than live always in darkness without it.
Mr. Ainsworth had omitted the third verse, this is supplied in the above version by Mr. Bates, but it will readily be seen that his lines are inferior to the gay sparkling verses of Mr. Ainsworth’s translation.
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Derby and Jones.