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Three Goblets of Wine.
Three goblets of wine
Alone should comprise
The extent of the tipple
Of those that are wise.
Alone should comprise
The extent of the tipple
Of those that are wise.
The first is for health;
And the second I measure,
To be quaffed for the sake
Of love, and of pleasure.
And the second I measure,
To be quaffed for the sake
Of love, and of pleasure.
The third is for sleep;
And, while it is ending,
The prudent will homeward
Be thinking of wending.
And, while it is ending,
The prudent will homeward
Be thinking of wending.
The fourth, not our own,
Makes insolence glorious;
And the fifth ends in shouting,
And clamour uproarious
Makes insolence glorious;
And the fifth ends in shouting,
And clamour uproarious
And those who a sixth
Down their weasands are pouring.
Already are bruising,
And fighting, and flooring.
Down their weasands are pouring.
Already are bruising,
And fighting, and flooring.
Oh! the tight little vessel,
If often we fill it,
How it trips up the heels
Of those who may swill it!
If often we fill it,
How it trips up the heels
Of those who may swill it!
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