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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CRACK AT THE LAW, by ADRIAN HALE First Line: When winter comes with gust and flaw Last Line: "medicinal purposes only." Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Temperance; Wine; Prohibition | |||
When Winter comes with gust and flaw, And dank December's dark and raw, Do I go crack the Volstead law When I am sad and lonely? No, such infraction I abhor; I simply seek my secret drawer And crack my bottle, labeled "For Medicinal purposes only." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TEMPER by CLARA EXLINE BOCKOVEN A TRUCKER DRIVES THROUGH HIS LOST YOUTH by DAVID BOTTOMS THE FIGHTING WORD by BERTON BRALEY THE METHOD OF THE MAD MULLAH by BERTON BRALEY ON A PROHIBITIONIST POEM by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON |
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