Classic Poem

The rain of Zeus descends, and from high heaven
A storm is driven;
And on the running water-brook the cold
Lays icy hold;
Then up! beat down the Winter; make the fire
Blaze higher and higher;
Mix wine as sweet as honey of the bee
Abundantly;
Then drink, with comfortable wool around
Your temples bound.
We must not yield our hearts to woe or wear
With wasting care;
For grief will profit us no whit, my friend,
Nor nothing mend;
But this is our best medicine, with wine fraught
To cast out thought!