A LIFE too great for folly, In a world too wise for wine, Is a life the saint or sage may love, But I cannot boast it mine. If all by law were sober, And all by statute good, I could not breathe the impeccable air -- And I would not if I could. Nay, if denied for ever All juice of grape or grain, I'd leave this world to be destroyed By water once again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SONG OF THE MAD WOMAN'S SON by KAREN SWENSON THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE LOST JEWEL by EMILY DICKINSON THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE by EUGENE FIELD A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 13 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 23 by OMAR KHAYYAM |