Tixall Poetry/Another ("The delights of the bottle…")
XX.
Another.
The delights of the bottle, and the charmes of good wine,
To the power and the pleasures of love must resigne;
Though the ioyes of the night in good drinking be past,
The debauch but untill the next morning doth last;
But loves great debauch is more lasting and strong,
For that often lasts a man all his life long.
To the power and the pleasures of love must resigne;
Though the ioyes of the night in good drinking be past,
The debauch but untill the next morning doth last;
But loves great debauch is more lasting and strong,
For that often lasts a man all his life long.
Love and wine are the bonds that fasten us all,
The world but for these to confusion would fall;
Were it not for the pleasures of love and good wine,
Mankind for each trifle there lives would resigne:
Thei'd not value there lives, nor would speake without thinking,
Nor would kings rule the world but for love and good drinking.
The world but for these to confusion would fall;
Were it not for the pleasures of love and good wine,
Mankind for each trifle there lives would resigne:
Thei'd not value there lives, nor would speake without thinking,
Nor would kings rule the world but for love and good drinking.