Anacreontics Drinking

THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain,

And drinks and gapes for drink again;

The plants suck in the earth, and are

With constant drinking fresh and fair;

The sea itself (which one would think

Should have but little need of drink)

Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up,

So fill’d that they o’erflow the cup.

The busy Sun (and one would guess

By ‘s drunken fiery face no less)

Drinks up the sea, and when he ‘s done,

The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun:

They drink and dance by their own light,

They drink and revel all the night:

Nothing in Nature ‘s sober found,

But an eternal health goes round.

Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high,

Fill all the glasses there-for why

Should every creature drink but I?

Why, man of morals, tell me why?

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• Bereavement by William Lisle Bowles by Anglo File
• Beautiful Aberfoyle by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• Balmoral Castle by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• An Ode in Time of Hesitation by William Vaughn Moody by Anglo File
• An Excursion Steamer Sunk in the Tay by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• An Address to the New Tay Bridge by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• An Address to Shakespeare by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• All Kinds by William Wright Harris by Anglo File
• A Welcome by William Browne by Anglo File
• A Soldier’s Reprieve by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• A Requisition to the Queen by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
• A Poetry Reading At West Point by William Matthews by Anglo File
• A Grey Day by William Vaughn Moody by Anglo File
• I see the Four-fold Man by William Blake by William Blake
• An Imitation of Spenser by William Blake by William Blake
• Gwin King of Norway by William Blake by William Blake
• Intorduction to the Songs of Experience by William Blake by William Blake
• Fair Elanor by William Blake by William Blake
• England! awake! awake! awake! by William Blake by William Blake
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