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FLORIDUS: OF A DRUNKARD, by                    
First Line: Phoebus asleep forbade me wine to take
Last Line: I yield; and now am only drunk awake
Subject(s): Alcohol & Alcoholics


PHŒBUS asleep forbade me wine to take:
I yield; and now am only drunk awake.





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