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 798.

IVE a man a horse he can ride,
 * Give a man a boat he can sail;

And his rank and wealth, his strength and health,
 * On sea nor shore shall fail.

Give a man a pipe he can smoke,
 * Give a man a book he can read:

And his home is bright with a calm delight,
 * Though the room be poor indeed.

Give a man a girl he can love,
 * As I, O my love, love thee;

And his heart is great with the pulse of Fate,
 * At home, on land, on sea.

  799.

HE wine of Love is music,
 * And the feast of Love is song:

And when Love sits down to the banquet,
 * Love sits long:

Sits long and arises drunken,
 * But not with the feast and the wine;

He reeleth with his own heart,
 * That great, rich Vine.

