The poems and literary prose of Alexander Wilson ... for the first time fully collected and compared with the original and early editions ... edited ... by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart ... with portrait, illustrations, &c |
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ON A DEPARTED DRUNKARD. |
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ON A DEPARTED DRUNKARD.
Borio lies beneath this table,
Bacchus, view the sight and weep;
Spite of all thy art was able,
Porter's lulled him fast asleep.
Bacchus, view the sight and weep;
Spite of all thy art was able,
Porter's lulled him fast asleep.
Silent now the tongue of thunder,
Dormant lies the arm of brass;
Every sentence sunk our wonder,
Every action crown'd the ass.
Dormant lies the arm of brass;
Every sentence sunk our wonder,
Every action crown'd the ass.
Morpheus! curse on thy intruding,
Blest was he ere thou appear'd;
Snuff in vain 'gainst thy deluding,
All his fiery forces rear'd.
Blest was he ere thou appear'd;
Snuff in vain 'gainst thy deluding,
All his fiery forces rear'd.
See! he wakes—his eye-lids glimmer—
He struggles, faltering, to get free;
Ah! he sinks—come, push the brimmer,
Jolly god! 'twixt thee and me.
He struggles, faltering, to get free;
Ah! he sinks—come, push the brimmer,
Jolly god! 'twixt thee and me.
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