| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | Echoes from Theocritus
II. Ageanax | | By Edward Cracroft Lefroy (1855–1891) |
| | | DEAR voyager, a lucky star be thine, | |
| To Mytilenè sailing over sea, | |
| Or foul or fair the constellations shine, | |
| Or east or west the wind-blown billows flee. | |
| May halcyon-birds that hover o’er the brine | 5 |
| Diffuse abroad their own tranquillity, | |
| Till ocean stretches stilly as the wine | |
| In this deep cup which now we drain to thee. | |
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| From lip to lip the merry circle through | |
| We pass the tankard and repeat thy name; | 10 |
| And having pledged thee once, we pledge anew, | |
| Lest in thy friends’ neglect thou suffer shame. | |
| God-speed to ship, good health to pious crew, | |
| Peace by the way, and port of noble fame! | | | | |
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