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"This form of democracy," says Aristotle, "existed among the shepherds and husbandmen of Arcadia;" and was probably not uncommon with the ancient Pelasgians. But the myrioi of Arcadia had not the legislative power. "Then to the lute's soft voice prolong the night, Music, the banquet's most refined delight." Pope's Odyssey, book xxi., 473. It is stronger in the original
Don't talk nonsense, little Puddock. Wasn't it Gay that wrote the "Beggar's Opera?" Ay! Why don't you play Macheath? Gay! Ay a pleasant fellow, and his poems too. He writes don't you remember he writes, 'So comes a reckoning when the banquet's o'er The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more.
And here, from the same source, are the Delights of Finn, as his son Oisin sang them to Patrick: These are the things that were dear to Finn, The din of battle, the banquet's glee, The bay of his hounds through the rough glen ringing, And the blackbird singing in Letterlee.
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