Living
On Wine
From Lyric Poems, Made in Imitation of the Italians (1687)
Living
WINE chears our Hearts, and makes us glad;
When Grief, and Cares have left us sad:
But more than Nature does suffice,
Will cast a Cloud before our Eyes;
'Twill bind the Tongue, the Feet, and Hands;
E're we perceive, with strongest Bands;
And us its Drunken Slaves will keep,
Till we our Freedom get by Sleep.
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Codex Note
From a fragment of Hesiod.
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MLA
Ayres, Philip. “On Wine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ayres/25/.
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Ayres, Philip. “On Wine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ayres/25/.
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