Verses To Clarinda

    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!”