Living

On an Urn

by Richard Garnett 1835–1906

From A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895 (1895)

Living

Both thou and I alike, my Bacchic urn,
From clay are sprung, and must to clay return;
But happier fate this day is mine and thine,
For I am full of life, and thou of wine;
Our powers for mutual aid united be,
Keep thou me blithe, and flowing I'll keep thee.

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