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WAS THE GLASS MADE FOR PHYSIC? |
 | Letters of Laura D'Auverne |  |
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WAS THE GLASS MADE FOR PHYSIC?
Was the glass made for physic?
Was life made for pain?
Must care and must sorrow
Still visit the brain?
No!—music and friendship
Shall teach us to-night,
That the glass is for liquor,
And life for delight!
The glass for good liquor,
And life for delight!
Was life made for pain?
Must care and must sorrow
Still visit the brain?
No!—music and friendship
Shall teach us to-night,
That the glass is for liquor,
And life for delight!
The glass for good liquor,
And life for delight!
For the glass is a gladness
Wherever it glows,—
Wit, spirit, and song
From its crystal lip flows!
Blame him that with physic
First dull'd its pure shine;
But long life to the god
Who first fill'd it with wine!
Great Bacchus,—god Bacchus,
Who fill'd it with wine!
Wherever it glows,—
Wit, spirit, and song
From its crystal lip flows!
Blame him that with physic
First dull'd its pure shine;
But long life to the god
Who first fill'd it with wine!
Great Bacchus,—god Bacchus,
Who fill'd it with wine!
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