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On this day: April 16th
Random Poem of the Day
Anacreon II. Drinking
2And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
3The plants suck in the earth, and are
4With constant drinking fresh and fair.
5The sea itself, which one would think
6Should have but little need of drink,
7Drinks ten thousand rivers up,
8So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup.
9The busy sun (and one would guess
10By's drunken fiery face no less)
11Drinks up the sea, and when h'as done,
12The moon and stars drink up the sun.
13They drink and dance by their own light,
14They drink and revel all the night.
15Nothing in Nature's sober found,
16But an eternal health goes round.
17Fill up the bowl then, fill it high,
18Fill all the glasses there, for why
19Should every creature drink but I,
20Why, man of morals, tell me why?
Notes
1] Anacreon (fl. 6th cent. B.C.), a Greek lyrical poet, famous for his celebration of love and wine. Back to Line