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 nwho 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!’
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