Pope Sylvester II

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    Is this a dinner? this a genial room?
    No, ‘tis a temple, and a hecatomb.
    A solemn sacrifice, performed in state,
    You drink by measure, and to minutes eat.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    On this I ponder where’er I wander,
    And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee;
    With thy bells of Shandon,
    —Francis Sylvester Mahony (1805–1866)