Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD AMONTILLADO, by M. E. W. G. First Line: Fill my wine-glass brimming high Last Line: M. E. W. G. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Love - Loss Of; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse | ||||||||
FILL my wine-glass brimming high With the ripe old sherry, I will drink to days gone by When e'en I was merry; Look ye how the wine doth glow, Like my hopes of long ago! From the goblet I will drain All the old-time flavor, Dreaming of those days again, Tasting of love's favor; How it warms these veins of ours, Like the bright midsummer hours! I am thirty years to-night, -- Life's no longer jolly; All the ghosts of past delight, And skeletons of folly, Hold their revel in my brain, Mimicking their former reign. In these years I've lost a friend Dearer than earth's treasures; In these years I've seen love's end, And the end of pleasures; Now the wine mounts to my brain, Drowning all the grief and pain, And my thoughts go back in time To a maiden merry; Voice that haunts as some old rhyme, Lips a winsome cherry, Hair a nut-brown coronet On her low, broad forehead set. What if love be at an end, Life no longer merry, Here's a good old trusty friend, Ripe and rare old sherry, -- Truer than that girl, I know, Many, many years ago! M. E. W. G. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO NONSENSE by CHARLES BUKOWSKI THE REPLACEMENTS by CHARLES BUKOWSKI BELLEVUE EXCHANGE by NORMAN DUBIE EVEN NOW YOU ARE LEAVING by TESS GALLAGHER ANY NEWS FROM ALPHA CENTAURI by ANSELM HOLLO ARMAGEDDON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON |
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