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IF PHYLLIS DENIES ME RELIEF, by                    
Last Line: And be drunk with nothing but love
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking;grief; Sorrow;sadness


IF Phyllis denies me relief,
If she's angry, I seek it in wine;
Tho' she laughs at my amorous grief,
At my mirth why should she repine?

The sparkling champagne shall remove
All the cares my dull soul has in store:
My reason I lost when I loved,
And, by drinking, what can I do more?

If Phyllis would pity my pain,
Or my amorous vows would approve,
The juice of the grape I'd disdain,
And be drunk with nothing but love.





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