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DRUNK OR SOBER.
DRUNKENNESS, (old Hafiz 'twas that said,)Drunkenness is better than dead dryness.
In this world of rottenness and wryness,
Where the Gods among the folk might tread
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In this day, when lowness scoffs at highness,
Better drunk than sober go to bed.
Either aching heart or aching head;
Make thy choice, o servant of the highest;
Sick at heart and sober, with the Real,
All thy life to languish, or, instead,
Day and night to be, until thou diest,
Drunken with the wine of the Ideal.
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