Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BACCHANALIAN RANT, by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743)


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First Line: Bacchus must now his power resign
Last Line: And let that wine be all for me!
Variant Title(s): A Drinking Song
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse


BACCHUS must now his power resign --
I am the only God of Wine!
It is not fit the wretch should be
In competition set with me,
Who can drink ten times more than he.

Make a new world, ye powers divine!
Stock'd with nothing else but Wine:
Let Wine its only product be,
Let Wine be earth, and air, and sea --
And let that Wine be all for me!




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