ΧΡΗ ΔΕΝ ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΩ ΚΥΛΙΚΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΝΙΣΣΟΜΕΝΑΩΝ
ΗΔΕΑ ΚΩΤΙΛΛΟΝΤΑ ΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΝ ΟΙΝΟΠΟΤΑΖΕΙΝ.

[This is a distich by wise old Phocylides,

An ancient who wrote crabbed Greek in no silly days;

Meaning," "TIS RIGHT FOR GOOD WINE-BIBBING PEOPLE,

PHOC. ap. Ath.

NOT TO LET THE JUG PACE ROUND THE BOARD LIKE A CRIPPLE;

BUT GAILY TO CHAT WHILE DISCUSSING THEIR TIPPLE."

An excellent rule of the hearty old cock 'tis—
And a very fit motto to put to our Noctes.]

C. N. ap. Ambr.

"My Brother" on Kirke White, Keats, Pollok, Shelley,

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