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verses to clarinda

sent with a pair of wine-glasses.

fair empress of the poet's soul,

and queen of poetesses;

clarinda, take this little boon,

this humble pair of glasses:

and fill them up with generous juice,

as generous as your mind;

and pledge them to the generous toast,

“the whole of human kind!”

“to those who love us!” second fill;

but not to those whom we love;

lest we love those who love not us—

a third—“to thee and me, love!”