Fill the cup, the bowl, the glass,
With wine and spirits high,
And we will drink, while round they pass,
To — Vice and Misery!
Push quickly round the draught again
And drink the goblet low:
And drink in revelry’s swelling strain,
To — Reason’s overthrow.
Push round, push round, in quickest time,
The lowest drop be spent,
In one loud round, to — Guilt and Crime
And Crime’s just punishment!
Fill fill again! — fill to the brim;
To — Loss of honest fame!
Quaff — deeper quaff — while now we drink
Our Wives’ and Children’s shame!
Push round, and round, with loudest cheers
Of mirth and revelry–
We drink to — Woman’s sighs and tears,
And — Children’s poverty.
Once more! while power shall yet remain,
E’en with its latest breath,
Drink! — To Ourselves Disease and Pain,
And Infamy and Death!
(Anonymous British)
More Poetry from Anonymous British:
Anonymous British Poems based on Topics: Death & Dying, Time, Sadness, Power, Pain, Fame, Honesty & Integrity, Punishment, Poverty- An Excellent Ballad Of George Barnwell, An Apprentice Of London (Anonymous British Poems)
- Poetical Reflections On A Late Poem Entitled Absalom And Achitophel (Anonymous British Poems)
- The Midnight Messenger. or A Sudden Call From An Earthly Glory To The Cold Grave. (Anonymous British Poems)
- The Bride's Burial. To The Tune Of The Lady's Fall (Anonymous British Poems)
- The Spanish Virgin, Or Effects Of Jealousy (Anonymous British Poems)
- The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Anonymous British Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Sadness Poems, Time Poems, Death & Dying Poems, Pain Poems, Power Poems, Fame Poems, Honesty & Integrity Poems, Poverty Poems, Punishment PoemsBased on Keywords: quickest