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TO THE REVD. MR. - ON HIS DRINKING SEA WATER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Methinks, dear tom, I see thee stand demure
Last Line: By ward's mysterious drop or magic pill.
Subject(s): Clergy; Drinks & Drinking; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Wine


METHINKS, dear Tom, I see thee stand demure
Close by old Ocean's side, with arms erect,
Gulping the brine; and, with gigantic quaff,
Pledge the proud whale, and from ten thousand springs
Dilute the hyp, concomitant unkind!
For thee th' Euphrates, from her spicy banks,
Conveys her healing stream; for thee the Caspian
Filters his balsam; while the fragrant Nile
Tinges with balmy dew the greeting seas,
Conscious of thee; whose tow'ring pyramids
Would pride to lodge thy consecrated urn,
For thee the sage Batavian, from his stern,
With face distorted and convulsive grin,
Disgorges eastern gums, in bowels pent,
And streaks the surge with salutary hue.
For thee the Thames, impregnated with steam
Mercurial, wafts her complicated dose
From reeking vaults, full copiously supplied
By bums venereal, ruefully discharged
By Ward's mysterious drop or magic pill.





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