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Alternate
puffs
and
drinks
—
Geneva
lays
That
thirst
the
weed
is
wont
in
her
to
raise.
With
this
her
belly
propped,
its
pain
expels
;
Intestine
wind
no
more
her
stomach
swells
;
A
freer
blood
runs
leaping
through
her
frame,
New
heat,
new
strength
recalls
the
ancient
game.
And
should
you
hear
she's
dead,
the
cause
you'll
know
Was
that
Geneva
in
her
jug
ran
low."
In
th^
DunciadyVjhich.
Pope
wrote
in
1726
(book
iii.,
I.
143),
we
read,
*
A
second
see,,
by meeker
manners
known,
And
modest
as
the
maid
that
sips
alone
From
the
strong
fate
of
drams
if
thou
get
free,
Another
D'Urfey,
Ward
!
shall
sing
in
thee
!
Thee
shall
each
ale-house^
thee
each
gill-house
^
mournj
And
answering
gin-shops
sourer
sighs
return."
An
early
allusion
to
Geneva
is
in
a
poem
by
Alexander
Blunt,
Distiller,
8vo,
1729,
price
6^.,
called
*'
Geneva,"
addressed
to
the
Right
Honourable
Sir
R
—
'
—
W
.
It
commences,
*'
Thy
virtues,
O
Geneva
!
yet
unsung
By
ancient
or
by
modern
bard,
the
muse
In
verse
sublime
shall
celebrate.
And
thou
O
W
—
—
-
statesman
most
profound
!
vouchsafe
To
lend
a
gracious
ear
::
for
fame
reports
That
thou
with
zeal
assiduous
dost
attempt
Superior
to
Canary
or
Champaigne
Geneva
salutiferous
to
enhance
;
To
rescue
it
from
hand
of
porter
vile,
And
basket
woman,,
and
to
the
bouffet
*
Of
the
word
gill-house
a
Fecer>t
editor
of
Pope
observes
that
it
is
doubtful
whether
it
is
to
be
understood
as
a
house
where
gill,
or
beer
impregnated
with
ground-ivy,
was
sold,
or
whether
as
an
inferiof
Uvernj
where
beer
was
sold
by
the
measure
known
as
a
gilk