...e board: In crystal goblets water of the Nile They handed, and in massive cups of price Was poured the wine; no juice of Mareot grape, But noble vintage of Falernian growth Which seasons few in Meroe 's famous vats Had mellowed as with age. Upon their brows Chaplets were placed of roses ever young With glistening nard entwined; and in their locks Was cinnamon infused, not yet in air Its fragr...