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SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 18 by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)

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First Line: THE WINE OF LOVE IS MUSIC
Last Line: THAT GREAT, RICH VINE.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; MUSIC & MUSICIANS;
THE wine of Love is music,
And the feast of Love is song:
And when Love sits down to the banquet,
Love sits long:

Sits long and arises drunken,
But not with the feast and the wine;
He reeleth with his own heart,
That great, rich Vine.



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