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A DRINKING SONG by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: WINE COMES IN AT THE MOUTH
Last Line: I LOOK AT YOU, AND I SIGH.
Subject(s): LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE;
WINE comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.



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