230 We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing [French translation]

We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing —

'Tisn't all Hock — with us —

Life has its Ale —

But it's many a lay of the Dim Burgundy —

We chant — for cheer — when the Wines — fail —

Do we "get drunk"?

Ask the jolly Clovers!

Do we "beat" our "Wife"?

I — never wed —

Bee — pledges his — in minute flagons —

Dainty — as the trees — on our deft Head —

While runs the Rhine —

He and I — revel —

First — at the vat — and latest at the Vine —

Noon — our last Cup —

"Found dead" — "of Nectar" —

By a humming Coroner —

In a By-Thyme!

• Artist:Emily Dickinson