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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DRUNKEN MAN'S PRAISE OF SOBRIETY, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come swish around my petty punk Last Line: And all dead men are drunk Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Alcohol & Alcoholics | |||
Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill. Sobriety is a jewel That I do much adore; And therefore keep me dancing Though drunkards lie and snore. O mind your feet, O mind your feet, Keep dancing like a wave, And under every dancer A dead man in his grave. No ups and downs, my pretty, A mermaid, not a punk; A drunkard is a dead man, And all dead men are drunk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WORLD NARROWED TO A POINT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BRING US IN GOOD ALE by ANONYMOUS FLORIDUS: OF A DRUNKARD by ANONYMOUS IN MEMORIAM: TAMMY MESSER by ANONYMOUS JOLLY GOOD ALE AND OLD by ANONYMOUS KENTUCKY MOONSHINER by ANONYMOUS LAURIGER HORATIUS by ANONYMOUS SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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