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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MILK TOAST, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, fill your glasses brimming up
Last Line: Long live the mooley cow!
Subject(s): Children; Toasts; Childhood
First Line: Come, fill your glasses brimming up
Last Line: Long live the mooley cow!
Subject(s): Children; Toasts; Childhood
Come, fill your glasses brimming up
And raise them overhead!
I'll pledge a toast before I sup,
So hasten with the foaming cup,—
It's nearly time for bed!
I sing not of the ruby wine,—
My years do not allow;
Though grown-ups praise the fruitful vine,
Clink glasses to this toast of mine,—
Long live the Mooley Cow!
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