Chapter 1737 of 1964 · 61 words · ~1 min read

VII.

But Adeline was of the purest vintage, The unmingled essence of the grape; and yet Bright as a new napoleon from its mintage, Or glorious as a diamond richly set; A page where Time should hesitate to print age, And for which Nature might forego her debt--[nj] Sole creditor whose process doth involve in 't The luck of finding everybody solvent.