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B. II. Of festal luxury, the wise indulge Most in the tender vegetable breed: Then chiefly when the summer's beams inflame The brazen heavens; or angry Syrius sheds A feverish taint thro' the still gulph of air. The moist cool viands then, and flowing cup From the fresh dairy-virgin's liberal hand, Will save your head from harm, tho' round the world The dreaded Causos roll his wasteful fires. Pale humid Winter loves the generous board, The meal more copious, and a warmer fare; And longs, with old wood and old wine, to cheer His quaking heart. The seasons which divide Th' empires of heat and cold; by neither claim'd, Influenc'd by both; a middle regimen Rh