The Eighth Sin/Mint Julep Night
MINT JULEP NIGHT.
(Gratefully dedicated to George Bennett, who has mixed the Mint Julep at New College every First of June for thirty years.)
O leaves of mint, O tankard bright,O green and silver, jocund sight, O potent spirit, sweet and strong, This First of June we raise the song—No turbid British beer to-night!
Come, tilt the flagon, drink aright,Our gullets tingling with delight— This is the place where you belongO leaves of mint!
Drink deep! A fifth or sixth we mightNegotiate ere George takes fright And bears away the nectar—long I kiss you, ice-chilled silver. WrongTo drink? The very dons are tight,O leaves of mint!