And I will pledge with mine.
Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I’ll not look for wine.”
The idea, however, was not original, but borrowed from the Greek. But listen, solid Sam never could have penned such lines as Ben wrote in his “Good Life, Long Life”—
“Give me a look, give me a face
That makes simplicity a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free;
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art—
That strike my eyes, but not my heart.”