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...of d. ! .••.• Here an> some of them — • 8« hi* Liio* oflbt BrkiA Po^a, V«JL DRINKING. " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...of drink, Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By 's drunken fiery face no less)...

...feast, Thon retir'st to endless rest. DRINKING. From . ! •• The thirsty earth soaks up the ram, And drinks and gapes for drink again; The plants suck...think, Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So filled that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun, and one would guess, By's...

...garden made, and the first city Cain. From Anacreon. The thirsty earth drinks up the rain And thirsts and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. Why Should every creature drink but I ? Why, man of morals, tell me why ? SIR JOHN DENHAM. 1615-1668....

...the Olden Time." THE THIRSTY EAKTH. AEEAHIM COWLEY. THE thirsy earth drinks up the rain, And thirsts and gapes for drink again ; The plants suck in the...of drink) Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By's drunken fiery face no less),...

...permission of the company he would recite Cowley's exquisite tipsr logic in praise of drinking : " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...think, Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So filled that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun, (and one would gueso By...

...permission of the company he would recite Cowley's exquisite tipsy logic in praise of drinking : " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...think, Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So filled that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun, (and one would guess By...

...the seventeenth century. We must confine ourselves to a single specimen, taken from Cowley : — " The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and...think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By his...

...BicnNERS. Heraldic Blnztmrg. t God made the country, and man made the town. COWI-ER. The Tusk. Cook i. The thirsty earth soaks up the rain And drinks and...earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. From Anacreon Why Should every creature drink but I ? Why, man of morals, tell me why ? Ibid. His time...

...himself, was yet the writer of this paraphrastic version of one of Anacreon's sparkling lyrics : — The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again : 60 The plants suck in the earth, and are, With constant drinking, fresh and fair. The sea itself,...