A Bacchanalian Verse.

By Robert Herrick

    Drink up
    Your cup,
    But not spill wine;
    For if you
        Do,
    ‘Tis an ill sign;

    That we
    Foresee
    You are cloy’d here,
    If so, no
        Ho,
    But avoid here.

This Poem Is In The Public Domain.

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