2005 All present, you seem me inebriated. Granada

“How slightly soever I am esteemed in the common vogue of the world,
for I well know how disingenuously Folly is decried,
even by those who are themselves the greatest fools,
yet it is from my influence alone that the whole universe
receives her ferment of mirth and jollity, of which
this may be urged as a convincing argument,
in that as soon as I appeared to speak before this numerous assembly
all their countenances were gilded oyer with a lively sparkling pleasantness,
you soon welcomed me with so encouraging a look,
you spurred me on with so cheerful a hum,
that truly in all appearance, you seem now flushed…”