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ORIGINAL EPITAPH ON A DRUNKARD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pray who lies here? Why don't you know
Last Line: He's quaffing in a world of spirits.
Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics


PRAY who lies here? why don't you know,
'Tis stammering, staggering, boozy Joe;
What dead at last? I thought that death
Could never stop his long long breath.
True, death ne'er threw his dart at him,
But kill'd, like David, with a sling:
Whether he's gone we do not know,
With spirits above or spirits below: --
But, if he former taste inherits,
He's quaffing in a world of spirits.





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