Champagne Frappe

Delicious, effervescent, cold champagne,
Imprisoned sunshine, glorious and bright,
How many virtues in thy charm unite?
Who from thy tempting witchery can abstain?

Sad hearts by ennui vexed revive again
When in the frail, green glass thou foamest light,
And by thy spell our sophistry takes flight;
Fair queen of wines, long be thy merry reign.

To me thy sparkling souvenir recalls
Grand Boulevards, all dazzling with the glare
Of countless lights; the revel and uproar
Of midnight Paris and the Opera balls;
A maze of masks! a challenge flung to Care!
And charming suppers at the ” Maison d’Or! “