For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).

But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.

He best can paint them who shall feel them most.

Dogs, ye have had your day!

Now warm in love, now with'ring in my bloom Lost in a convent's solitary gloom!

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.