“Resolve to be thyself, and know that he
Who finds himself loses his misery.”
—Matthew Arnold.
THE JULEP
’Tis said that the gods on Olympus of old—
And who the bright legend profanes with a doubt?—
One night at their revels by Bacchus were told
That the last butt of nectar had somehow run out.
But determined to send ’round the goblet once more,
They sent to the fair immortals for aid