1. O master, peerless in glory and honor,
And sole sovereign of the earth, none exempted,

2. Your hopes have revived what was lost,
And brought within reach of the hopeful what was far.

3. This is a time for preventive medicine, to avoid
The harm of mingled elements, for the season has come.

4. You see only one drinking a bitter cup,
Or purging the body's humors.

5. I have resisted passion since yesterday, intent
On reforming what was corrupt.

6. They passed me a pint I do not recall
Save I lacked patience and composure before it.

7. I am one who denies his nature, though it
Ends in effects mingling profit and loss.

8. I have no coffee to damp its embers
The evil of the chill water within me.

9. So favor me on your day with a draught of it,
For I am resolved to drink the medicine tomorrow.