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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DRINKING SONG, by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER Poet's Biography First Line: Drink, and fill the night with mirth! Last Line: Drink, and drown the world in pleasure. Alternate Author Name(s): Cornwall, Barry; Proctor, Bryan Waller Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | |||
Drink and fill the night with mirth! Let us have a mighty measure, Till we quite forget the earth, And soar into the world of pleasure. Drink and let a health go round, ('Tis the drinker's noble duty), To the eyes that shine and wound, To the mouths that bud in beauty. Fill the deep-mouthed glasses high! Let them with the champagne tremble, Like the loose wrack in the sky, When the four wild winds assemble! Here's to all the love on earth, (Love, the young man's, wise man's treasure!) Drink, and fill your throats with mirth! Drink, and drown the world in pleasure. | 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 A PETITION TO TIME by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER |
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