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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]
Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
  
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The Delights of the Bottle:
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[CANTO I.]
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CANTO II. The Compleat Vintner.
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CANTO III. The Description of a Tavern.
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CANTO IV. The Tavern Tormentors.
  
CONCLUSION.
  
A South-Sea Ballad,

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The Fair, 'tis true, yield wonderful Delights,
But when we're old torment us with their Slights.
The Bottle therefore is a faster Friend,
Because that kindly soothes us to our End.

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