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And beat the muses, at their game with ..vine
leaves in hi1 hair,··
Since Wotan quaffed oblivion to Nieblungen
gold,
And Thor be,ide the icy fjord drank thunder
bolts
of old;
Since Omar in the Penian
bowl forgot the fires of hell
And wondered
what the vintners buy
10
rare aa that
th ey sell-
What
potion
have the gods be1towed
to
lift
the
thoughll
afar
Like that aeduc::tive Cocktail they sell acrou
the bad
Perhap s it'• made of whi1key and perhaps
it'• made
of gin;
Perhap1 there·, orange bitters and a lemon peel within;
Perhapa
it'• ca lled Martini
and perhaps
it'• called,
again,
The name that sp read Manhattan·•
fame among the
1on1 of men;
Perhap s you like it garnished
with what thinking
men
avoid-
The little blushing cherry that ia made of cellulo id;
But be these matteu
aa thev may, a ..cher con frere"
°'g'""d ,,
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