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RING FROM THE RIM OF THE GLASS, BOYS by JOHN CLINTON ANTHONY

First Line: RING FROM THE RIM OF THE GLASS, BOYS
Last Line: MINDLESS OF AFTER-MOANS.
Subject(s): UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES;
RING from the rim of the glass, boys,
Ripples of tinkling tones;
Drink to the heyday of youth, boys,
Mindless of after-moans.

Over the rim of the glass, boys,
Gaze into eyes that are bright.
Drink with each sip of the wine, boys,
Passionate gleams of delight.

Sing to the rim of the glass, boys,
Chorus wherever we roam.
Drink in its sparkling-eyed depths, boys,
A love as light as its foam.

Kiss the rim of the glass, boys,
Blind to its siren-gleam.
Drink in its shading depths, boys,
The wav'ring forms of a dream.

Then ring from the rim of the glass, boys,
Ripples of tinkling tones.
Drink to the heyday of youth, boys,
Mindless of after-moans.



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