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Subject: TEMPERANCE
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A CHAINE OF PEARLE: THE FOURTH PEARLE. TEMPERANCE, by DIANA PRIMROSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The golden bridle of bellerophon
Last Line: In sacred concord, and sweete symphonie!
Subject(s): Love; Passion; Pearls; Temperance; Prohibition


A CRACK AT THE LAW, by ADRIAN HALE    Poem Text                    
First Line: When winter comes with gust and flaw
Last Line: "medicinal purposes only."
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition


A MAIDEN'S DREAM, by ROBERT GREENE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Methought, in slumber as I lay and dreamt
Last Line: That I awoke and start out of my dream.
Subject(s): Fortitude; Hospitality; Justice; Prudence; Religion; Temperance; Wealth; Caution; Theology; Prohibition; Riches; Fortunes


A PLACID DISPOSITION, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I can always keep my temper
Last Line: That rile me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


A TRUCKER DRIVES THROUGH HIS LOST YOUTH, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Years ago he drove a different route
Last Line: Him backwards as far as his mind will haul.
Subject(s): Ford Motor Company; Southern States; Temperance; Trucks & Trucking; South (u.s.); Prohibition; Teamsters; Truckers; Freight


ADDRESS AND WELCOME TO J.B. GOUGH ON HIS DELIVERING AN ORATION, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Welcome! Oh, welcome! In thy course of fame
Last Line: Shall blind, and scorch, and scare the fiend away!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Prohibition


AND TEXAS HAS GONE DRY!, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Through the mighty lone star empire sounds
Last Line: From louisiana's border to the yellow rio grande!
Subject(s): Temperance; Texas; Prohibition


BOYS WE WANT, by A. SARGENT    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Temperance


BURNIN' DRINK, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I tell a tale o' burnin' love
Last Line: Wi' bitter, burnin' hate.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Hate; Love; Social Protest; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Prohibition


CHRISTIAN ETHICS: DELIGHTS AND PLEASURES, by THOMAS TRAHERNE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: All music, sauces, feasts, delights and pleasures
Last Line: In temperance their sacred beauty find.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


CLOSING SCENE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the liquor vendor stern death had called
Subject(s): Temperance


COLD WATER, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The thirsty flowerets droop; the parching grass
Subject(s): Temperance


COTTON FAMINE AND THE LANCASTER OPERATIVES, SELS., by ELLEN+(2) JOHNSTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Britons with slavery should have no part
Last Line: Reels staggering drunk up to the bar of heaven
Subject(s): Slavery; Temperance


COULD I HAVE BORNE IT?, by MAY E. DUSTIN    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Temperance


CUP-BEARER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The little cup-bearer entered the room
Subject(s): Temperance


DARE TO STAND ALONE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true
Subject(s): Temperance


DARK HOURS; THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dark hours of tearless, sleepless grief
Last Line: That legion fiends might not withstand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; God; Mothers & Sons; Salvation; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Prohibition


DIFFICULT EVOLUTION, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The donkey and the elephant were in a desert land
Last Line: As he lumbered o'er the desert with a plod, plod, plod.
Subject(s): Politics & Government; Temperance; Prohibition


DOWN GRADE, by THOMAS R. THOMPSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The way to destruction is pointed and clear
Subject(s): Temperance


DREAM OF THE REVELLER, by CHARLES MACKAY    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Around the board the guests were met, the lights above them gleaming
Variant Title(s): The Reveler's Son
Subject(s): Temperance


DRINK'S DOINGS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Grim war has slain its millions
Subject(s): Temperance


DRINKING SONG, BY A MEMBER OF A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, pass round the pail, boys, and give it no quarter
Last Line: Then hey for a bucket, &c.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition


DUTY CALL, by BURGES JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On sundays I jus' love to dine
Last Line: An' gives me heaps o' things to eat.
Subject(s): Children; Family Life; Mothers; Pity; Sabbath; Temperance; Childhood; Relatives; Sunday; Prohibition


EARNEST CRY, by FRANCES DANA BARKER GAGE    Poem Source                    
First Line: God of the beautiful! God of the free
Alternate Author Name(s): Fanny, Aunt
Variant Title(s): God, Free The Drink Captiv
Subject(s): Temperance


EPIGRAM: 4, 69. A TOTAL ABSTAINER, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Though you serve richest wines
Last Line: No, I really don't care for a drink
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Temperance


FAILURE, by CHARLES QUIET    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come, john, sit down by me; it frets my soul
Subject(s): Temperance


GAINING GROUND, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Let those laugh who will about it
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Temperance


GOD'S WORK, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Gathering brands from the burning
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Temperance


HERE'S TO A TEMPERANCE SUPPER, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: And me not there at all
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking;temperance; Prohibition


HOUSE FULL OF WINE, by JOHNSON BARKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: A gay little fly on a bright summer's morn
Subject(s): Temperance


IF ALL YOUR BEAUTIES ONE BY ONE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: I had been dead of drinking
Subject(s): Temperance;women; Prohibition


IN PRAISE OF SOBRIETY, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lips that touch liquor must never touch mine.' that's clear
Last Line: But, with a tipsy lunge, hit nose or ear
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


IN PRAISE OF SOBRIETY, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Lips that touch liquor must never touch mine.' that's clear
Last Line: But, with a tipsy lunge, hit nose or ear
Subject(s): Temperance


IT IS COMING, by M. FLORENCE MOSHER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Do you hear an ominous muttering as of thunder gath'ring round?
Subject(s): Temperance


LAMENT IN FORM OF AN EPIGRAM, by STODDARD KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Youth will be served, so runs the ancient phrase
Last Line: Old crow retired in favor of young hyson.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


LEAVE THE LIQUOR ALONE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm anxious to tell you a bit of my mind
Subject(s): Temperance


LIFE'S PURPOSE, by DAVID LAWTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Life is not ours to waste it as we will
Subject(s): Temperance


LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. H.B. STOWE ON HER VISIT TO GLASGOW, 1853, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady, to thee, to fortune, and to fame
Last Line: Shall meet thee—not on earth; our goal's the sky.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Emancipation Movement & Proclamation; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896); Temperance; Antislavery Movement - United States; Prohibition


LIPS THAT TOUCH LIQUOR SHALL NEVER TOUCH MINE, by HARRIET A. GLAZEBROOK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Alice lee stood awaiting her lover one night
Subject(s): Temperance


LYRICS OF DRINK: 1, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I turned me to the house of prayer
Last Line: All, all proclaim the demon's rule!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition


LYRICS OF DRINK: 2, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pour ye a wail of the wildest
Last Line: Sublimed in eternity's fires!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition


MY FIRST SPEECH, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: You'd scarce expect one of my age
Subject(s): Temperance


NEEBOR JOHNNIE'S COMPLAINT, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My aul' neebor johnnie had lang been awa'
Last Line: An' we'll ne'er pit him oot till we stop the supplies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Neighbors; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition


NEW EMANCIPATION, by DWIGHT WILLIAMS    Poem Source                    
First Line: O great republic, rise and shake
Subject(s): Temperance


NO MORE BOOZE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There was a little man and he had a little can
Last Line: We need those sheets for table-cloths / and it's almost time for dinner
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come! Fill a fresh bumper, for why should we go
Last Line: Oliver wendell holmes.
Subject(s): Censorship; Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition


ODE TO J. S. BUCKINGHAM, M.P.; ON REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DRUNKEDNESS, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, mr. Buckingham, if I may take
Last Line: Are not so much more temperate than others.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Ireland; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Irish; Prohibition


ODES I, 28. ON PROHIBITION AND TEMPERANCE; TO VARUS, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Canst thou, o varus, plant a tree
Last Line: So may I live—to drink again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition


OH, MAN!, by NATE SALSBURY    Poem Text                    
First Line: When, in years past, the drunkard sold
Last Line: Where, for a hundred bucks a case --
Alternate Author Name(s): Ireland, Baron
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


ON A PROHIBITIONIST POEM, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Though shakespeare's mermaid, ocean's mightiest
Last Line: But water on the brain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


ON READING OMAR KHAYYAM, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the midst of the battle I turned
Last Line: Leaving the singer asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Omar Khayyam (1048-1122); Temperance; Prohibition


ON THE ANTICIPATED RETURN OF J. B. GOUGH TO ENGLAND, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ere ancient thebes began on high to raise
Last Line: And earth, yea, heaven, shall prove thy words not vain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): England; Temperance; English; Prohibition


ONE GLASS TOO MUCH, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: O, ho! He has drunk one glass too much
Subject(s): Temperance


OUR PROGRAM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Having squelched the noisy frolics
Last Line: And a race of prigs shall dominate the earth.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


QUITE SO, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: There was a man in our town
Last Line: Who dragged him off to jail
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


REINFORCEMENT, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: We are now in the gloaming, but the morning is breaking
Subject(s): Temperance


RUM EVIL, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the midnight calm and holy, when the world has sunk to rest
Subject(s): Temperance


SAMPLE ROOMS, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Samples of wine, and samples of beer
Subject(s): Temperance


SIGNALS OF DISTRESS!, by ROBERT CROMPTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tis very sad to see a tear bedim a loved one's eye
Subject(s): Temperance


SOMETHING TO BE DONE, by MARY D. CHELLIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: There's a battle to be fought
Subject(s): Temperance


SOMETHING TO HATE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I love the luscious grapes that cling
Subject(s): Temperance


SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: How times have changed! Delight we used to take
Last Line: Of home-brew mother used to bottle up
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


SONG FOR A TEMPERANCE DINNER TO WHICH LADIES WERE INVITED, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A health to dear woman! She bids us untwine
Last Line: It is countersigned nature. -- so, room for the girls!
Subject(s): Temperance; Women; Prohibition


SOUTH-DOWN MUTTON, by HORACE SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If men, when in a rage, inspected
Last Line: "I thought you meant to dine down stairs!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio
Subject(s): Anger; Food & Eating; Temperance; Prohibition


STEPPING IN FATHER'S TRACKS, by LOUISE S. UPHAM    Poem Source                    
First Line: All through the night's wearying darkness snowy flakes
Subject(s): Temperance


STORY OF SANTA CLAUS, by HARRIET A. GLAZEBROOK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twas on christmas eve; the snow fell down
Subject(s): Temperance


STRIKE FOR PROHIBITION, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Temperance


SURRENDER, by MRS. S. M. I. HENRY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twas a widow's home and a winter night
Subject(s): Temperance


TEMPER, by CLARA EXLINE BOCKOVEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: So you've a 'quick' temper, lad, you say?
Last Line: Tempered mettle holds its edge!
Subject(s): Emotions; Temperance; Prohibition


TEMPERANCE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: More of good than we can tell
Subject(s): Temperance


TEMPERANCE SONG, by GEORGE NEAVES    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'm very fond of water
Last Line: When qualified aright.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


TEMPERANCE STAR, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The streets were rife with joyous life
Subject(s): Temperance


TEMPERANCE WARFARE, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Arouse ye! Arouse ye! The foe is at large
Last Line: As a christian mother devoted to duty.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): England; Temperance; War; English; Prohibition


THE BARKEEPER (A POEM HAPPILY OUT OF DATE), by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The barkeeper -- what fearful heap
Last Line: And him that keeps the door of hell!
Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Temperance; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Prohibition


THE CONTRAST, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: See yonder wretched little girl
Last Line: "we'll pray, ""god bless the temperance dwelling."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Family Life; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Relatives; Prohibition


THE DEMON DRINK, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I do well to be angry, even unto death,'
Last Line: Leaving want, woe, and shame, desolation and gloom.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Mothers; Sabbath; Sin; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Sunday; Prohibition


THE DISENTHRALLED, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He had bowed down to drunkenness
Last Line: Unto the godlike mind!
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


THE ENEMY IN THE GATE; TO BRITANNIA, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nay, all this availeth thee nothing
Last Line: The captives of drink, on her shore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; England; Evil; Social Protest; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; English; Prohibition


THE FIGHTING WORD, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm a calm and placid person and my temper seldom rises
Last Line: "while I bellowed out ""whoisthis?"" on the phone!"
Subject(s): Anger; Temperance; Prohibition


THE LAST WAVE (BEFORE PROHIBITION), by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: In solid ranks the bottles stood
Last Line: The final wave had surged and passed!
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition


THE METHOD OF THE MAD MULLAH, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a mad mullah whose name was abdulla
Last Line: At even his worst ever was!
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


THE MOURNING MOTHER, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What woe is thine, pale mother? - say
Last Line: To moloch offered up.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Grief; Mothers & Sons; Temperance; Temptation; Youth; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Sorrow; Sadness; Prohibition


THE PLAGUE OF OUR ISLE, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is said, it is sung, it is written, and read
Last Line: Less deadly by far than the plague of our isle.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Social Protest; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Prohibition


THE PLEDGE, by ELIZA COOK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Full oft we breathe and echo round
Last Line: For him who yields the worthless pledge.
Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition


THE PRICE OF A DRINK', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor, empty-eyed beggar! It's little you think
Last Line: And never more proffer the price of a drink
Subject(s): Temperance


THE THREE GOLDEN BALLS, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deadlier balls than north or south
Last Line: Resume the sceptre and the rein.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition


THE VICTIM OF DRINK; THE EARLY LOST, by JANET HAMILTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The early lost I mourn
Last Line: For ever pray.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Social Protest; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition


THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: He who thinks before he drinks
Subject(s): Temperance


TO CLOE, by HILDEBRAND JACOB    Poem Text                    
First Line: Cloe, blooming sweet as may, / we must tempt mama away
Last Line: Trust me, cloe, this will do.
Subject(s): Jealousy; Love Affairs; Mothers; Temperance; Prohibition


TOAST, by MARY KYLE DALLAS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Pop! Went the gay cork flying
Subject(s): Temperance


TOBACCO NEXT, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They took away your drink from you,
Last Line: Don't make the same mistake again.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Smoking; Temperance; Wine; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Prohibition


TOUCH IT NOT, by W. A. EATON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Sanctioned by custom, licensed by the state
Subject(s): Temperance


TRUE VICTORY, by M. A. MAITLAND    Poem Source                    
First Line: He stood with a foot on the threshold
Variant Title(s): Fought And Wo
Subject(s): Temperance


WHAT TO DRINK, by GEORGE SHEPARD BURLEIGH    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The lily drinks the sunlight
Subject(s): Temperance


WHO'LL BE THE DRUNKARDS THEN, by THOMAS R. THOMPSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: My friends and brethren, templars true
Subject(s): Temperance


WILLIAM E. JOHNSON, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He gave an eye that other men might see
Last Line: What christ endures, the servant bears no less.
Subject(s): Johnson, William Eugene (1862-1945); Temperance; Prohibition