Odes to BoozeSong For Punch Drinkers From the satirical magazine 'Punch' - intended to take the mickey out of Friedrich Schiller who raised drinking up to a pure art form. |
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Four be the elements, Here we assemble 'em, Each of man's world And existence an emblem. Press from the lemon The slow flowing juices - Bitter is life In its lessons and uses. Bruise the fair sugar lumps - Nature intended Her sweet and severe To be everywhere blended. Pour the still water - Unwarning by sound, Eternity's ocean Is hemming us round. Mingle the spirit, The life of the bowl - Man is an earth-clod Unwarmed by a soul! Drink of the stream Ere its potency goes! - No bath is refreshing Except while it glows! Result: |
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