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DRINK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SAY THAT THE HOUSE THAT MAKES OUR LAWS
Last Line: NO DISRESPECT TO DRINK!
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; WINE;
Say that the House that makes our Laws
Is but an Infants' School;
Say that the World is old and doomed,
Where every man's a fool;
Say that the worms make skipping-ropes
Of Beauty's hair at last;
That Love must die, as Age comes cold –
To prove it was but Lust:
Say what you like, and I'll be calm,
No matter what I think;
But if you value blood and bones –
No disrespect to Drink!



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