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First Line: You tell when inachus was born
Last Line: My glycera ... You know me, tel.
Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine


YOU tell when Inachus was born;
You say when Codrus was a boy;
Of Æacus you sing, nor scorn
To tell about the wars of Troy.

But what's the cost of Chian wine?
Who'll heat the water for my dip?
Under whose roof do I recline?
When shall I lose this case of grippe?

A drink! Three cyathi (or nine)!
Hurry, my boy, and bring it soon!
We'll toast (I like the following line)
Murena, midnight, and the moon.

To revel now is my desire;
I'll take my joyance in a jag.
Why mute the pipe and hush the lyre?
Come, play that Berecyntian Rag!

I hate the hands that hang the crape!
For me the souls that hang expense!
Fling flowers around! Uncork the grape,
And laugh at Lycus's laments!

To you the radiant Rhode turns;
(Your hair has witched that lovely gell)
My lingering love for Glycera burns—
My Glycera ... You know me, Tel.





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