Posthumous Works of Dr. George Sewell ... To which are added Poems on Several Occasions, Published in his Life-Time |
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Anacreontic.
Is it Summer? Wine produce,
Give me the kind recruiting Juice:
No Day must now a Draught escape,
No Day but helps to bring the Grape.
Soon as the tender Blossoms shoot,
Drink to the future promis'd Fruit;
And when to swell the Gems begin,
Drink to each increasing Skin;
Drink to ev'ry different Hue,
The red'ning Green, and glossy Blew;
And when the rip'ned Loads appear,
Drink to the full accomplish'd Year.
Give me the kind recruiting Juice:
No Day must now a Draught escape,
No Day but helps to bring the Grape.
Soon as the tender Blossoms shoot,
Drink to the future promis'd Fruit;
And when to swell the Gems begin,
Drink to each increasing Skin;
Drink to ev'ry different Hue,
The red'ning Green, and glossy Blew;
And when the rip'ned Loads appear,
Drink to the full accomplish'd Year.
When Nature now has done her Part
Fill again—Success to Art—
See, see! the happy Work dispos'd,
The fuming Vessels now are clos'd:
Come, drink, that Winter may refine
And purify the new made Wine,
The Product now of former Suns,
That in a due Perfection runs.
The good Old Cask, of brighter Hue,
Must show what Fate attends the New.
Let the Elder Brothers Dye,
That Younger may their Place supply:
Away with moral Cant and Reason,
Wine is never out of Season.
Fill again—Success to Art—
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The fuming Vessels now are clos'd:
Come, drink, that Winter may refine
And purify the new made Wine,
The Product now of former Suns,
That in a due Perfection runs.
The good Old Cask, of brighter Hue,
Must show what Fate attends the New.
Let the Elder Brothers Dye,
That Younger may their Place supply:
Away with moral Cant and Reason,
Wine is never out of Season.
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