God, and far more _transcending_ than the rest? Had Cassius, that weak water-drinker, known Thee in _the_ Vine, or had but tasted one Small chalice of thy _nectar, he, even_ he As the wise Cato had approved of thee. Had not Jove's son, the _rash_ Tyrinthian swain (Invited to the Thesbian banquet), ta'ne Full goblets of thy [†] blood; his *_lustful_ sprite _Had not_ kept heat for fifty maids that night. †As Queens meet Queens, _so let sack come to_ me _Or_ as Cleopatra _unto_ Anthonie, When her high _visage_ did at once present To the Triumvir love and wonderment. Swell up my _feeble sinews_, let my blood †Fill each part full of fire,* _let all my good_ _Parts be encouraged_, active to do What thy commanding soul shall put _me_ to, And till I turn apostate to thy love, Which here I vow to serve, _never_ remove Thy _blessing_ from me; but Apollo's curse Blast _all mine_ actions; or, a thing that's worse, When these circumstants _have the fate_ to see The time _when_ I prevaricate from thee, Call me the Son of Beer, and then confine Me to the tap, the toast, the turf; let wine Ne'er shine upon me; _let_ my _verses_ all _Haste_ to a sudden death and funeral: And last, _dear Spouse, when I thee_ disavow, _May ne'er_ prophetic Daphne crown my brow." Certainly this manuscript version is in every way inferior to that printed in the _Hesperides_, and Herrick must be reckoned among the poets who are able to revise their own work. _The smoky chimneys of his Ithaca._ Ovid, I. _de Ponto_, ix. 265:-- Non dubia est Ithaci prudentia sed tamen optat Fumum de patriis posse videre focis. _Upon the tops of corn._ Virgil (_Æn._ vii. 808-9) uses the same comparison of Camilla: Illa vel intactae segetis per summa volaret Gramina, nec teneras cursu laesisset aristas. _Could the Egyptians seek Help from the garlick, onion and the leek._ Cp. Numbers xi. 5, and Juv., xi. 9-11. _Cassius, that weak water-drinker._ Not, as Dr. Grosart queries: "Cassius Iatrosophista, or Cassius Felix?" but C. Cassius Longinus, the murderer of Cæsar. Cp. Montaigne, II. 2, and Seneca, _Ep._ 83: "Cassius totâ vitâ aquam bibit" there quoted. 201. _To trust to good verses._ Carminibus confide bonis. Ovid, _Am._ III. ix. 39. _The Golden Pomp is come._ Aurea pompa venit, Ovid, _Am._ III. ii. 44. "Now reigns the rose" (nunc regnat rosa) is a common phrase in Martial and elsewhere. For the "Arabian dew," cp. Ovid, _Sappho to Phaon_, 98: Arabo noster rore capillus olet. _A text ... Behold Tibullus lies._ Jacet ecce Tibullus: Vix manet e tanto parva quod urna capit. Ovid, _Am._ III. ix. 39. 203. _Lips Tongueless._ Dr. Nott parallels Catullus, _Carm._ lii. (lv.):-- Si linguam clauso tenes in ore, Fructus projicies amoris omnes: Verbosa gaudet Venus loquela.