1. Friend, wandering thought's sweet distraction
Was from the ambrosial wine cup cast

2. All night his heaven wheeled in sweet reaction
Dizzy in drunkenness spun far and fast

3. Coffee, balm and comfort after passion
Ah, your eyes! They make my own heart vast

4. See the bubbles break and gleam, the bright ash
Sputter sparks in cups the old age passed

5. Yet waters, silvery with borrow'd white
Cannot veil their want of soberness