The Eastern Mirror An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures in Which the Custo
The Eastern Mirror An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures in Which the Custo
W Fowler
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— A man's cup, called his portion. XX. 23. Ye shall drink indeed of my cup. It was antiently the custom, at great entertainments, for the governor of the feast to appoint to his guests the kind and proportion of wine which they were to drink, and what he thus apj/ointed them it was thought a breach of good manners, either to refuse or not drink up ; hence a man's cup, both in sac/ed and profane authors, came to signify the portion, whether of good or evil, which befals him in this world. Thus H...omer introduces Achilles comforting Priam for the loss of his son: — Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood. The source of evil one, and one of good : IVom thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to those, to these distributes ills ; To most he mingles both ; the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmix'd is curs'd indeed : . Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driv'n, •^ He wanders, outcast both of earth and heav'n. Ihe happiest taste not happiness sincere. But find the cordial draught is dash'd witli car^.
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