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From The Odyssey Homer tr. Samuel Butler |
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The Five Reasons Henry Aldrich |
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4 | (1) |
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Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough Omar Khayyam tr. Edward Fitzgerald |
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5 | (1) |
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Give me Women, Wine, and Snuff John Keats |
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6 | (1) |
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Facing Wine Li Po tr. David Hinton |
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7 | (1) |
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Anacreontics Abraham Cowley |
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8 | (1) |
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Come Send Round the Wine Thomas Moore |
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9 | (1) |
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Great Bacchus Matthew Prior |
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10 | (1) |
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A Drinking Song Henry Carey |
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11 | (1) |
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Bacchus, let me drink no more! Robert Herrick |
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12 | (1) |
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The Wine of the Question Hafiz tr. Coleman Barks |
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13 | (1) |
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`Tis mirth that fills the veins with blood Francis Beaumont |
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14 | (1) |
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A flower-tinted cheek, the flowery close Hafiz tr. Gertrude Bell |
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15 | (2) |
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The Spirit of Wine William Ernest Henley |
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17 | (2) |
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The Soul of Wine Charles Baudelaire tr. Frank Pearce Strum |
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19 | (1) |
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The Rolling English Road G. K. Chesterton |
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20 | (5) |
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The Wine of Love James Thomson (Bysshe Vanolis) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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A Drinking Song W. B. Yeats |
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27 | (1) |
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Fill a Glass With Golden Wine William Ernest Henley |
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28 | (1) |
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Sonnet XX Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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29 | (1) |
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Strew me a fragrant bed of leaves Anacreon tr. Thomas Moore |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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To Althea from Prison Richard Lovelace |
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34 | (2) |
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Go fetch to me a pint o' wine Robert Burns |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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Thou art the wine whose drunkenness is all Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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39 | (1) |
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Sonnet VI Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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40 | (1) |
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Fill for me a brimming bowl John Keats |
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41 | (4) |
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A Deep-sworn Vow W. B. Yeats |
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45 | (1) |
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Inviting a Friend to Supper Ben Jonson |
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46 | (2) |
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To A Jar of Wine Eugene Field |
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48 | (2) |
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The Grasshopper Richard Lovelace |
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50 | (2) |
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Hence Burgundy, Claret, and Port John Keats |
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52 | (2) |
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Drinking in the Morning Abdullah Ibn Al-Mu'Tazz tr. G. B. H. Wightman and Abdullah Al-Udhari |
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54 | (1) |
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Cheer up, my Mates Abraham Cowley |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (5) |
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To Live Merrily, And To Trust To Good Verses |
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To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses Robert Herrick |
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61 | (2) |
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The Jar Richard Henry Stoddard |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Great Things Thomas Hardy |
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65 | (2) |
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A Ballade of an Anti-Puritan G. K. Chesterton |
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67 | (2) |
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Written at an Inn at Henley William Shenstpne |
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69 | (1) |
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Lines on the Mermaid Tavern John Keats |
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70 | (1) |
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West Sussex Drinking Song Hilaire Belloc |
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71 | (2) |
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The Old Waiter from Wapping Walter Parke |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (1) |
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The Cobblers' Catch Robert Herrick |
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79 | (1) |
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I taste a liquor never brewed - Emily Dickinson |
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80 | (1) |
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Fill the Goblet Again Lord Byron |
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81 | (4) |
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Scotch Drink Robert Burns |
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85 | (5) |
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Whisky Johnny Traditional |
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90 | (3) |
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Rhymed Guide to the Highland, Islay and Campbeltown malt whiskies of Scotland Anon. |
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93 | (5) |
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98 | (3) |
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Little Brown Jug Traditional |
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101 | (2) |
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Good ol' Mountain Dew Traditional |
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103 | (2) |
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Ayrshire Jock John Davidson |
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105 | (4) |
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From The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer Robert Burns |
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109 | (4) |
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Bring Us in Good Ale Anon. |
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113 | (2) |
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From The Kalevala Elias Lonnrot tr. John Martin Crawford |
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115 | (4) |
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Terence, This is Stupid Stuff A. E. Housman |
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119 | (3) |
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On a Hampshire Grenadier Anon. |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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Picking Hops Ethel Lynn Beers |
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128 | (2) |
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There was an Old Man with an Owl Edward Lear |
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130 | (1) |
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Lines on Ale Edgar Allan Poe |
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131 | (1) |
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PH. Best & Co.'s Lager-Beer Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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132 | (2) |
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Prohibition Beer Poem Anon. |
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134 | (1) |
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Heather Ale Robert Louis Stevenson |
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135 | (4) |
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The Little Vagabond William Blake |
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139 | (1) |
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Epitaph on John Dove, Inkeeper, Mauchline Robert Burns |
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140 | (1) |
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Stanzas to Pale Ale Anon. |
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141 | (1) |
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Lilliputian's Beer Song Septimus Winner |
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142 | (5) |
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Solitude Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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147 | (1) |
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Ode to a Nightingale John Keats |
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148 | (3) |
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If wine and music have the power Matthew Prior |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Drinking Alone Li Po tr. David Hinton |
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153 | (1) |
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Billings Sorrows in Being Sober for Want of Money to Get Drunk John Clare |
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154 | (1) |
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Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam Ernest Dowson |
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155 | (1) |
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I bring an unaccustomed wine Emily Dickinson |
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156 | (1) |
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His Farewell to Sack Robert Herrick |
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157 | (4) |
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The Glass on the Bar Henry Lawson |
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161 | (2) |
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A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety W B. Yeats |
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163 | (1) |
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The Spilling of the Wine Lola Ridge |
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164 | (2) |
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The Vine Shroud Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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166 | (1) |
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The Dead Host's Welcome John Fletcher |
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167 | (1) |
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The Epicure Abraham Cowley |
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168 | (1) |
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Champagne, 1914--15 Alan Seeger |
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169 | (3) |
| Bibo Matthew Prior |
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172 | (1) |
| Index of poets |
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173 | (4) |
| Index of titles |
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177 | (4) |
| Index of first lines |
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181 | (4) |
| Permissions Acknowledgements |
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