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A HYMNE TO BACCHUS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: BACCHUS, LET ME DRINK NO MORE
Last Line: DAFFADILLS G'EN UP TO THEE.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE;

Bacchus, let me drink no more;
Wild are Seas, that want a shore.
When our drinking has no stint,
There is no one pleasure in't.
I have drank up for to please
Thee, that great cup Hercules:
Urge no more; and there shall be
Daffadills g'en up to Thee.



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