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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT IS THIS VINTAGE, by HENRY A. WRIGHT First Line: What is this vintage brewed for us to drink Last Line: To fill the empty arteries of might? | |||
What is this vintage brewed for us to drink -- What are the rules? And shall we gorge the cup If it be sweet? If bitter scorn to shrink But sip it slowly till we drink it up? If I am but a peasant -- you a king -- Shall I be forced to give because you take; Or shall I leap to share this sparkling thing The winepress granted, every thirst to slake? If you are king, why must your wine be red? Must only vassals drink if it be white? Or is mine pale because my grapes are bled To fill the empty arteries of might? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT SAGAMORE HILL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PRESIDENT GARFIELD by GEORGE SANTAYANA TO A CYCLAMEN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR IMMORTALITY by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL THE WIDOW'S LAMENT IN SPRINGTIME by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE OLD MAID by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A SONG OF SUN SETTING by JANE BARLOW FANCY AND IMAGINATION by BERNARD BARTON |
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