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The delights of the bottle and the charms of good wine
To the power and pleasures of love must resign:
Though the night in the joys of good drinking be past
The debauches but till the next morning will last
But love's great debauch is more lasting and strong;
For that often lasts a man all his life long
Love and wine are the bonds that fasten us all
The world but for these to confusuion would fall;
Were it not for the pleasure of love and good wine
Mankind for each trifle their lives would resign:
They'd not value dull life, nor would live without thinking
Nor would kings rule the world, but for love and good drinking
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Matthew Locke

Matthew Locke

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