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52

CUPS

AND

THEIR

CUSTOMS,

Quaff

while

tliou

canst

:

another

race,

When

thou

and

thine,

like

me,

are

sped,

May

rescue thee

from

earth's

embrace,

And

rhyme

and

revel

with

the

dead.

Why

not

since

through

life's

Httle

day

Our

heads

such

sad

effects

produce

?

Redeem'

d

from

worms

and

wasting

clay,

This

chance

is

theirs,

to

be

of

use.

Byrok.

THE

MUG

OF

A

CELT.

1=

1

N

t

S

Printed

by

Taylor

and

Francis,

Red

Lion

Court,

Fleet

Street.