Living
No, Sir, I Will Not Pledge
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Living
No, sir, I will not pledge : I 'm one of those
Who think good wine needs neither bush nor preface
To make it welcome. If you doubt my word,
Fill the quart-cup, and see if I will choke on 't.
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Codex Note
From Peveril of the Peak (1822)
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MLA
Scott, Walter. “No, Sir, I Will Not Pledge.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/245/.
Chicago
Scott, Walter. “No, Sir, I Will Not Pledge.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/245/.
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