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Last Line: And dreams of different beers
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Beer; Thirst


Good old ale, mild or pale,
India ale and Burton,
Give me a vat to swim a whale.
When far along the verdant dale
The far off spire appears,
The mind reverts to Burton's ale
And dreams of different beers.





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