The Negro Boy (1806, Stirling)/Vulcan's Cup

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VULCAN'S CUP.

Vulcan, contrive me such a cupas Nestor us d of old;Try all your art to trim it up,and Damask it round with gold.
Carve me thereon the mantling vine,and eke two lovely boys;Whose limbs in amorous folds intwine,the type of future joys.
Make it so large, when filled with sack,up to the swelling brim; ​Vast toasts on the delicious lake,like ships at sea may swim.
Cupid and Bacchus, my gods are;let love and wine still reign:With wine I'll drive away dull care,and then to my love again.

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