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The Delights of the Bottle

or, The Compleat Vintner. With the Humours of Bubble Upstarts. Stingy Wranglers. Dinner Spungers. Jill Tiplers. Beef Beggars. Cook Teasers. Pan Soppers. Plate Twirlers. Table Whitlers. Drawer Biters. Spoon Pinchers. And other Tavern Tormenters. A Merry Poem. To which is added, A South-Sea Song upon the late Bubbles. By the Author of the Cavalcade [i.e. Edward Ward]
  

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When tir'd with intricate Affairs,
Or punish'd with inviduous Cares;
When Disappointment gives us trouble,
In South-Sea, or some other Bubble;
When Duns, by their impatient canting,
Perplex us, 'cause the Money's wanting;
When teas'd at Home by Nuptial Dowdy,
Too Fond, too Noisy, or too Moody;
Whither can Man repair to find
Relief, when thus disturb'd in Mind,

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But to those Mansions where the best
Of Cordial Wines delight the Tast,
And comfort the uneasy Breast.