The Rinker’s Song.

Rink to me only with thine ice,

And I will sledge with mine;

Or heave a hiss but inly up,

And I’ll not look for whine.

The thirst that from a sole doth rise,

Doth ask a rink divine,

But might I on Jove’s necktie slip,

I would not change for thine.

I went to thee, late, a rosy youth,