Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BANQUET SONG, by EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER


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A BANQUET SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Comrades, fill the banquet cup
Last Line: Ere it passes!
Subject(s): Parties


I.

COMRADES, fill the banquet cup
Brimming up!
Fill it full of love and laughter,
Claret lips and kisses after,
Crown it with a maiden's smiles,
And the foam of magic wiles.
Drink it, drain it, clink your glasses,
For the love of loving lasses
Ere it passes!

II.

Fill again the banquet cup
Brimming up!
Overflow it with the roses
Which her timid blush discloses.
With her sparkling eyelight sift it,
Till it flavored is. Then lift it.
Drink it, drain it, clink your glasses,
For the love of loving lasses
Ere it passes!

III.

Comrades, fill a parting cup
Brimming up!
Flood it in your praise's zest,
For the uninvited guest.
With her charms and graces fill it,
Touch the lips and heartward spill it.
Drink it, drain it, clink your glasses,
For the love of loving lasses
Ere it passes!





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