Throng’d round the Hero as he gave
The toast in liquor brave,
And by his ruling nod
Rous’d the huzzas of gladness
O’er the blue devils sadness,
Waking the drowsy God,
That slumber’d in the soul of each,
To Wine, to Jollity, and Speech.
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From The Cambridge Odes, by Peter Persius. Cambridge W. H. Smith. No date.