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ANACREONTICS.
But I do not submit to his authority;
And punches—let me see—I know one, two and three,[1]
But don't know which should have the priority,
But just now, of all the tipples that inspire a
lively rhymer,
I own a special preference for '68 Hochheimer.
Well the French might want the Rhine,
Where they raise this lovely wine!
Well the Germans might be stout
In such a cause to fight it out!
And candid men have aye confessed
Poets, whose wine is good, are best.
- ↑ Davis, Mæcenas and La Reine,
Try them all, and try back again.
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