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THE LITTLE I DRINK by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: MY LORD, PRAY EXCUSE THE REMONSTRANCE I
Last Line: "THE GREAT DEAL I DRINK IS WHEN DINNER IS O'ER."
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; WINE;

"MY Lord, pray excuse the remonstrance I make
To the bumpers which still after dinner you take;
You appear what you told me just now to forget,
That the little you did drink you drank when you eat."
"As you say, 'twas the @3little@1 I spoke of before,
The @3great deal@1 I drink is when dinner is o'er."



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