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LAURIGER HORATIUS, by                    
First Line: Laurel-crowned horatius
Last Line: "if we may not kiss the girls, / drink while time's a-flying?"
Subject(s): Alcohol & Alcoholics;youth


LAUREL-CROWNED Horatius,
True, how true thy saying!
Swift as wind flies over us
Time, devouring, slaying.
Where are, oh! those goblets full
Of wine honey-laden,
Strifes and loves and bountiful
Lips of ruddy maiden?
Grows the young grape tenderly,
And the maid is growing;
But the thirsty poet, see,
Years on him are snowing!
What's the use on hoary curls
Of the bays undying,
If we may not kiss the girls,
Drink while time's a-flying?




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