XXXVI.

I think the Vessel, that with fugitive Articulation answer'd, once did live, And drink; and Ah! the passive Lip I kiss'd, How many Kisses might it take--and give!

The inspiration for this quatrain occurs in O. 9.

This jug was once a plaintive lover, as I am, And was in pursuit of one of comely face;[50] This handle that thou seest upon its neck Is an arm that once lay around the neck of a friend.

_Ref._: O. 9, C. 48 and 426, L. 81, B. 77, S.P. 28, P. 108, B. ii. 28, P. v. 142.--W. 32, N. 28, E.C. 5, V. 80.