A
RECEIPT
how
to
make
L'EAU
DE
VIE
.
By
the
late
Mr.
CHARLES
KING
.
WRITTEN
AT
THE
DESIRE
OF
A
LADY
.
GROWN
old
,
and
grown
stupid
,
you
just
think
me
fit
,
To
transcribe
from
my
grandmother's
book
a
receipt
;
And
a
comfort
it
is
to
a
wight
in
distress
,
He's
of
some
little
use
—
but
he
can't
be
of
less
.
Were
greater
his
talents
;
—
you
might
ever
command
His
head
,
—
(
"
that's
worth
nought
"
)
—
then
,
his
heart
and
his
hand
.
So
your
mandate
obeying
he
sends
you
,
d'ye
see
,
The
genuine
receipt
to
make
L'eau
de
la
vie
.
Take
seven
large
lemons
,
and
pare
them
as
thin
As
a
wafer
,
or
,
what
is
yet
thinner
,
your
skin
;
A
quart
of
French
brandy
,
or
rum
is
still
better
;
(
For
you
ne'er
in
receipts
should
stick
close
to
the
letter
:
)
Six
ounces
of
sugar
next
take
,
and
pray
mind
The
sugar
must
be
the
best
double-refin'd
;
Boil
the
sugar
in
near
half
a
pint
of
spring
water
,
In
the
neat
silver
sauce-pan
you
bought
for
your
daughter
;
But
be
sure
that
the
syrup
you
carefully
skim
,
While
the
scum
,
as
'tis
call'd
,
rises
up
to
the
brim
;
The
fourth
part
of
a
pint
you
next
must
allow
Of
new
milk
,
made
as
warm
as
it
comes
from
the
cow
.
Put
the
rinds
of
the
lemons
,
the
milk
and
the
syrup
,
With
the
rum
in
a
jar
,
and
give
'em
a
stir
up
;
And
,
if
you
approve
it
,
you
may
add
some
perfume
;
Goa-stone
,
or
whatever
you
like
in
its
room
.
Let
it
stand
thus
three
days
,
—
but
remember
to
shake
it
;
And
the
closer
you
stop
it
,
the
richer
you
make
it
.
Then
filter'd
thro'
paper
,
'twill
sparkle
and
rise
,
Be
as
soft
as
your
lips
,
and
as
bright
as
your
eyes
.
Last
,
bottle
it
up
;
and
believe
me
the
vicar
Of
E—
himself
ne'er
drank
better
liquor
:
In
a
word
,
it
excels
,
by
a
million
of
odds
,
The
nectar
your
sister
presents
to
the
Gods
.