{"id":36,"date":"2003-02-04T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2003-02-04T16:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=36"},"modified":"2003-02-04T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2003-02-04T16:10:29","slug":"the-ballade-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2003\/02\/the-ballade-of\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ballade of Liquid Refreshment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ballade of Liquid Refreshment (by E.C. Bentley)<\/b><\/a>

Last night we started with some dry vermouth;
\nSome ancient sherry with a golden glow;
\nThen many flagons of the soul of fruit
\nSuch as Burgundian vineyards only grow;
\nA bottle each of port was not de trop;
\nAnd then old brandy till the east was pink
\n– But talking makes me hoarse as any crow,
\nExcuse me while I go and have a drink.
\nSome talk of Alexander; some impute
\nAbsorbency to Mirabeau-Tonneau;
\nSome say that General Grant and King Canute,
\nFalstaff and Pitt and Edgar Allan Poe,
\nPrince Charlie, Carteret, Hans Breitmann – so
\nThe list goes on – they say that these could clink
\nThe can, and take their liquor – A propos!
\nExcuse while I go and have a drink.
\nSpirit of all that lives, from God to brute,
\nSpirit of love and life, of sun and snow,
\nSpirit of leaf and limb, of race and root,
\nHow wonderfully art thou prison’d! Lo!
\nI quaff the cup, I feel the magic flow,
\nAnd Superman succeeds to Missing Link,
\n(I say, ‘I quaff’; but am I quaffing? No!
\nExcuse while I go and have a drink.)
\nEnvoi
\nHullo there, Prince! Is that you down below
\nKicking and frying by the brimstone brink?
\nWell, well! It had to come some time, you know,
\nExcuse me while I go and have a drink.
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