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A BACCANALIAN VERSE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: FILL ME A MIGHTY BOWLE
Last Line: IN FRENZIE NE'R LIKE THEE.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE;
1. Fill me a mighty Bowle
Up to the brim:
That I may drink
Unto my Johnsons soule.

2. Crowne it agen agen;
And thrice repeat
That happy heat;
To drink to Thee my Ben.

3. Well I can quaffe, I see,
To th' number five,
Or nine; but thrive
In frenzie ne'r like thee.



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