Three gamble at the pictured vice,
And three upheave the rattling dice,
The cards go round—
The boxes sound—
A king!—an ace!!—a deuce!—a doublet!!
For luck a laugh—for loss a goblet;
An aching smile and a muttered curse,
A beating heart ’gainst a broken purse,
Ha! ha! ha! ha! how wild the din
Of hearts that lose and hearts that win!