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Blackberries

by William Allingham

Allingham, William (1824-1889)

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[Outside warm, inside cool]

[I like a good dinner; but none is good]

[B's wine is excellent—but you]

[No banquet's ever to my wish]

[Give me enough of meat and drink]

[For my soul's and body's food]

[Wine, good wine, is an excellent thing]

[Nothing that is not immortal is worth an immortal's care.]

[Clouded mind and sluggish will,—]

[When I am ill, I only long for health]

[The surest test of health is sleep]

[Unnatural chastity, enforced celibacy]

[Mere eating and drinking]

[“There's daily need]

[Wealth can serve special uses,—failing these]

[All should work, and all should play]

[Better a hollow tree in a wood]

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[B's wine is excellent—but you]

B's wine is excellent—but you
Must swallow his conversation too.