Note 244
The Tale of the Envier and the Envied.
Eastern topers delight in drinking at dawn: upon this subject I shall have more to say in other Nights.
Morn saith to Night, "withdraw and let me shine;" * So drain we draughts that dull all pain and pine:[FN#244] I doubt, so fine the glass, the wine so clear, * If 'tis the wine in glass or glass in wine.
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