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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING SONG (3), by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE First Line: Drink! Why wait for lamps? The day / has not another inch to fall Last Line: Set another cup a-going! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkaios Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | |||
Drink! Why wait for lamps? The day Has not another inch to fall. Fetch the biggest beakers -- they Hang on pegs along the wall. Bacchus, son of Semele And of Zeus, discovered wine Giving it to man to be Care's oblivious anodyne. Pour in water two to one, Fill them full to overflowing; When the first is drained and done, Set another cup a-going! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN AN ARMOURY by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE |
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