James Thomson (1834-1882). The Vine. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Vine

By James Thomson (1834–1882)


THE WINE of Love is music,
And the feast of Love is song:
And when Love sits down to the banquet,
Love sits long:

Sits long and arises drunken,	5
But not with the feast and the wine;
He reeleth with his own heart,
That great, rich Vine.