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WINE, WOMAN, AND SONG

He who loves not wine, woman, or song
Remains a fool his whole life long.

LUTHER (Attributed to). Probably by J. H. Voss.

WIN THE WOMAN

How should great Jove himself do else than miss
To win the woman he forgets to kiss.

COVENTRY PATMORE, De Natura Deorum.

WIVES

Come! a health! and it's not to be slighted with sips,

A cold pulse, or a spirit supine

All the blood in my heart seems to rush to my lips
To commingle its flow with the wine.

Then with wine, as is due, let the honours be paid,
Whilst I give my hand, heart, and head;

"Here's to her, the fond mother, dear partner, kind maid, Who first taught me to love, woo, and wed!"

THOMAS HOOD.

WOMAN

The fairest work of the great Author; the edition is large, and no man should be without a copy.

YOU KNOW NOT WHY

Drink, for you know not
Whence you came, nor why;
Drink, for you know not why
You go, nor whence.

OMAR KHAYYÁM.

Menu Verses

Read o 'er this;

And after, this; and then to breakfast, with

What appetite you have.

SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII. iii, 2.

Barkis is willin'.

ACCEPTANCE

DICKENS, David Copperfield. Ch. 5.

I will show myself highly fed.

All's Well that Ends Well. ii, 2.

Catch occasion by the foretop.

UNKNOWN, Lingua. v, 2.

I'll go with thee, cheek by jowl.

Midsummer Night's Dream. iii, 2.

My teeth are on an edge till I do eat.

CARTWRIGHT, The Ordinary. ii, 1. 50. Obliged by hunger and request of friends.

POPE, Pro. to Satires.

He did receive his letters and is coming.

Julius Cæsar. iii, 1.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

King Henry VI. Pt. I, iii, 2.

I think, or hope at least, the coast is clear.

DRYDEN, Pro. Cleomenes.

We may live with, but cannot live without 'em.

F. REYNOLDS, The Will. i, 1. Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.

HUME, Concerning Human Understanding.
Pt. I, sec. v.

When was the hour I ever contradicted your desire?
King Henry VIII. ii, 4.

I feel my strength increase with every thought on 't. CARTWRIGHT, The Ordinary, ii, 1.

Cloy the hungry edge of appetite by bare imagination of

a feast.

King Richard II. i, 3.

Are these things then necessities? Then let us meet them like necessities.

King Henry IV. Pt. II, iii, 1.

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