WINE, WOMAN, AND SONG He who loves not wine, woman, or song LUTHER (Attributed to). Probably by J. H. Voss. WIN THE WOMAN How should great Jove himself do else than miss 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 Then with wine, as is due, let the honours be paid, "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 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. When was the hour I ever contradicted your desire? 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. |