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(Greek passage) / Anacreon. / I love not him, who o'er the wine-cup's flow / Talks but of war, and strife, and scenes of woe: / But him who can the Muses' gifts employ, / To mingle love and song with festal joy.
The dinner and dessert passed away. The ladies retired to the drawing-room: the gentlemen discoursed over their wine. Mr. MacBorrowdale pronounced a eulogium on the port, which was cordially echoed by the divine in regard to the claret.