TO MÆCENAS

Than you, O valued friend of mine, A better patron non est! Come, quaff my home-made Sabine wine,— You'll find it poor but honest.

I put it up that famous day You patronized the ballet, And the public cheered you such a way As shook your native valley.

Cæcuban and the Calean brand May elsewhere claim attention; But I have none of these on hand,— For reasons I'll not mention.