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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TOAST, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See this bowl of purple wine Last Line: For a night and for a day. Subject(s): Toasts | |||
See this bowl of purple wine, Life-blood of the lusty vine! All the warmth of summer suns In the vintage liquid runs, All the glow of winter nights Plays about its jewel lights, Thoughts of time when love was young Lurk its ruby drops among, And its deepest depths are dyed With delight of friendship tried. Worthy offering, I ween, For a god or for a queen, Is the draught I pour to thee, -- Comfort of all misery, Single friend of the forlorn, Haven of all beings born, Hope when trouble wakes at night, And when naught delights, delight. Holy Death, I drink to thee; Do not part my friends and me. Take this gift, which for a night Puts dull leaden care to flight, Thou who takest grief away For a night and for a day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PROSIT NEUJAHR by GEORGE SANTAYANA MR. FLOOD'S PARTY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'THE HEALTHS' by PATRICK CAREY THE LAST TOAST by MARY COLES CARRINGTON A BACCHIC LYRIC by HERBERT LIONEL DOGGETT DECATUR'S TOAST by ARTHUR GUITERMAN A PSALM OF TRAVEL by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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