Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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WHAT ARE LIQUORS MADE OF?
Grapes make every sort of wine,
Dark red port and sparkling sherry;
Juicy pears a liquor yield,
Known to all by name of perry.
Dark red port and sparkling sherry;
Juicy pears a liquor yield,
Known to all by name of perry.
Cider is from apples made,
Ginger flavours ginger-beer;
Cowslips tinge a yellow wine,
Sweet to taste, and bright and clear.
Ginger flavours ginger-beer;
Cowslips tinge a yellow wine,
Sweet to taste, and bright and clear.
Elder-berries form a syrup;
Drink is made of elder flowers,
Which is cooling, fresh, and pleasant,
In the summer's sultry hours.
Drink is made of elder flowers,
Which is cooling, fresh, and pleasant,
In the summer's sultry hours.
Malt and hops with water brew'd
Make the nut-brown beer and ale,
Which renew the ploughman's spirit,
When his strength begins to fail.
Make the nut-brown beer and ale,
Which renew the ploughman's spirit,
When his strength begins to fail.
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Malt from Barley is prepared,
Barley in the kiln is dried;
Hops that give a bitter taste
Are by tender plants supplied.
Barley in the kiln is dried;
Hops that give a bitter taste
Are by tender plants supplied.
Brandy is from wine obtained,
Potent Rum from Sugar made;
Should you drink them over freely,
You'd get tipsy I'm afraid.
Potent Rum from Sugar made;
Should you drink them over freely,
You'd get tipsy I'm afraid.
Both the Scotch and Irish Whisky
Are from Barley-corn distill'd;
So is Gin, a poisonous spirit;
Men by it have oft been kill'd.
Are from Barley-corn distill'd;
So is Gin, a poisonous spirit;
Men by it have oft been kill'd.
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