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First Line: Wine! Wine! Wine!
Last Line: And make a heaven of this.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse


Wine! Wine! Wine!
Thou purple stream of bliss;
Thy Lethe powers drown by-gone hours,
And make a heaven of this.
Go, look upon the boundless sky,
Where shining planets roll;
There's none can match the sparkling eye,
When Wine lights up the soul!
Let monarchs say, their Eastern gems,
All other gems surpass;
We'll show them brighter in the drops
That stud each draining glass;
Wine! Wine! Wine!
Thou purple stream of bliss;
Thy Lethe powers drown by-gone hours,
And make a heaven of this.

There's beauty round that might entice
The angels as of yore:
Once drawn to Earth by such a charm,
They'd seek the sky no more.
There's Music, soft and thrilling -- hark!
What magic in the strain!
'Twere madness for to listen long,
Come fill the glass again.
Wine! Wine! Wine!
Thou purple stream of bliss;
Thy Lethe powers drown by-gone hours,
And make a heaven of this.

Young Bacchus reels about our board,
With face like morning's blush;
His cheeks have pilfered from the grapes
Their rich carnation flush.
The rosy rogue around to-night
A treble rapture flings;
He revels with Apollo's lyre,
And Cupid's burning wings.
Wine! Wine! Wine!
Thou purple stream of bliss;
Thy Lethe powers drown by-gone hours,
And make a heaven of this.





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