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 'BACCHANALIAN SONGS. 'Tis not so sweet .as woman's lip, But, oh! 'tin more sincere, Like her delusive beam 'Twill steal away thy mind; But, like affectlon's (iream, It leaves no sting bekind. Come, twine the wreath, thy brows .to diode, Tnese flowers were cuffed at noon; Like woman's love the rose will fade, ,But, oh! not half so soon. But though the tiower's decayed, It's fragrance is not o'er; Jut once when 1ove's betrayed, The heart can bloom no more. 'FHE CHARMS OF LIFE. ! LOV=. to see the ;lowing bowl With ruby lustre crown'd; I love to see the flow of soul, And care in goblet drown'd; Oh tell me not of beauty's power, Of wman's soft control, Jut, give me, gods, the social hour, The transports of the bowl, The song, the jest, the laugh, the glee, Compose the charms of life for me. If wine can yeM one's care relief, Then let its current flow; If sparkling cup can banish grief, Then bask we in their glow. The sand of life too soon runs out, And joy is but a flower; Je gay and push the bowl about, Taste wine, and prove its power. Thb son, m. �

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