# Hilaria. The Festive Board

Author: Morris, Charles, 1745-1838 [Dubious author]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67815

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hilaria.+The+Festive+Board+Morris&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We, for the most part, differ in our notions of pleasure; one man’s delight is another’s aversion: but felicity is the aim of all. Where then shall we find it? a celebrated poet observes, “’tis no where to be found, or everywhere.” I say with an air of triumph, which the experience of a laughing life has imparted, the delights of love and joys of wine, happily blended, will enable us to attain the summit of human enjoyment. Would you meliorate the condition of the mind, and give to the body its best energies; fly to the circle of convivial gaiety for the one, and to the arms of indulgent beauty for the other—Life without this charming union, is like wine without fermentation, perfectly in...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hilaria-the-festive-board-67815/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hilaria-the-festive-board-67815/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hilaria-the-festive-board-67815/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hilaria-the-festive-board-67815/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hilaria-the-festive-board-67815/chapters/5/index.md)