XCIII.

Indeed the Idols I have loved so long Have done my credit in this World much wrong; Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup, And sold my Reputation for a Song.

The inspiration for this quatrain comes from C. 170.

When my mood inclined to prayer and fasting, I said that all my salvation was attained; Alas! that those Ablutions[88] are destroyed by my pleasures, And that Fast of mine is annulled by half a draught of wine.

_Ref._: C. 170, L. 366, B. 362, S.P. 162, P. 343, B. ii. 207, T. 118.--W. 180, N. 162, V. 365.

The last line is suggested by O. 22.