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HOW HE WOULD DRINKE HIS WINE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: FILL ME MY WINE IN CHRISTALL; THUS, AND THUS
Last Line: WILL COOLE HIS FLAMES, OR QUENCH HIS FIRES WITH SNOW?
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS;

Fill me my Wine in Christall; thus, and thus
I see't in's puris naturalibus:
Unmixt. I love to have it smirke and shine,
'Tis sin I know, 'tis sin to throtle Wine.
What Mad-man's he, that when it sparkles so,
Will coole his flames, or quench his fires with snow?



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