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!” sed fill; but not to those whom we love; lest we love those who love not us— a third—“to thee and me, love!”