Excerpt from Odes and Other PoemsGod how the old earth's heart leaps up, And drinks its fill from Heaven's blue cup, A vintage finer Than all the nectar Hebe poured In presence of Olympus' lord, When Bacchus' grapes made red the board, A draught diviner.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.