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First Line: Bacchus, let me drink no more
Last Line: Daffadills g'en up to thee.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse


Bacchus, let me drink no more;
Wild are Seas, that want a shore.
When our drinking has no stint,
There is no one pleasure in't.
I have drank up for to please
Thee, that great cup Hercules:
Urge no more; and there shall be
Daffadills g'en up to Thee.





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