Let us wreathe the mighty cup

    LET us wreathe the mighty cup. 
    Then with song we'll lift it up, 
    And, before we drain the glow 
    Of the juice that foams below 
    Flowers and cool leaves round the brim. 
    Let us swell the praise of him 
    Who is tyrant of the heart, 
    Cupid with his flaming dart ! 

    Pride before his face is bowed, 
    Strength and heedless beauty cowed ; 
    Underneath his fatal wings 
    Bend discrowned the heads of kings ; 
    Maidens blanch beneath his eye 
    And its laughing mastery ; 
    Through each land his arrows sound, 
    By his fetters all are bound.