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The choice spirits feast

a comic ode. By George Alexander Stevens

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Come my Bucks, let to-night be devoted to drinking,
To-morrow's too soon to be troubled with thinking.
No more shall Time preach, nor no more shall we hear it,
For he's drown'd as he ought in a Hogshead of Claret.
Now Time is no more, or no more can forbid us,
Of that troublesome Guest a Choice Spirit has rid us;
Yet if Time shou'd be wanting for any Design,
Henceforth he is found in a Hogshead of Wine.
Since Time is confin'd to our Wine let us think
By this Rule we are sure of our time when we drink.
Come, my Bucks, let your Glasses with Bumpers be prim'd,
Now we're certain our Drinking is always well tim'd.