Drink! Drink! Drink! Thou pale eyed moody thinker -- Bacchus hater! water drinker! Drink, drink, drink, drink the ruby wine! 'Twill give thee many years and jolly, And 'twill chase away pale melancholy From those cheeks of thine. Drink, drink, etc. See, the water sot replieth, Water in its brightness vieth, Vieth with the wine tree's soul And longer liveth, wiser thinketh, The sober sage that never drinketh Of the boasted bowl. Drink, drink, etc. Well give me, give me the wine god's berry, They are more wise than merry, Let them drink -- let them drink with thee. Water seasons not my dishes, 'Tis a tipple for the fishes Not a drink for me. Drink, drink, etc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE by MALCOLM COWLEY AFTER VERLAINE by ANSELM HOLLO DREAM LIFE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE YOUNG WARRIOR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HERO-WORSHIP; SONNET by AMY LOWELL |