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Silenus

By Thomas Woolner

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“Praise wine. Tho' we gasp when we first draw breath,
We suck life anew from the breast;
And milk is good, red wine is best;
For red wine wrests a breathing time from death.

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Raise your arms; shout a song: praise wine the divine!