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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINK, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Say that the house that makes our laws
Last Line: No disrespect to drink!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine
First Line: Say that the house that makes our laws
Last Line: No disrespect to drink!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine
Say that the House that makes our Laws
Is but an Infants' School;
Say that the World is old and doomed,
Where every man's a fool;
Say that the worms make skipping-ropes
Of Beauty's hair at last;
That Love must die, as Age comes cold –
To prove it was but Lust:
Say what you like, and I'll be calm,
No matter what I think;
But if you value blood and bones –
No disrespect to Drink!
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