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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES LOVINGCUP, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Gay lovingcup! As joyful as the morn Last Line: Drowned in a tank of half of one per cent. Subject(s): Beer; Drinks & Drinking; Ale; Wine | |||
Gay Lovingcup! As joyful as the morn, Crowned with a wreath of Rye and Barleycorn And Purple Grapes from France, and in her lap The Hops that put Milwaukee on the map. Poor Lovingcup! How brief was her romance! While her brave brothers fought for her in France. Swift to her doom the hapless maiden went, Drowned in a tank of half of one per cent. | 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 LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD |
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