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Toasts
Stand to your glasses steady,
And drink to your comrades'eyes;
Here's a cup to the dead already,
And hurrah for the next that dies!
—Anon
Here's luck and more to you!
Friends by the score to you,
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True to the core to you!
—Richard Hovey
Let's wisely partake of the generous juice.
But don't forfeit the boon by excess or abuse!
—Neaves
Make the most of life while you may.
Life is short and wears away!
—William Oldys
Let us drink(—who would not?—)since through life's varied
round
In the goblet alone no deception is found!
—Byron
Here's to our soldiers, may they ever be brave.
In the fight for the right and our country to save!
To Our Soldier Dead
Hats off! Sacred host!
Hail the fiag they defended!
To the cause give a toast
Thatfreedom portended!
Here's to woman!—Ah,that we could fall into her arms without
falling into her hands!
—Ambrose Bierce
To a most delectable woman—the other man's widow!
My toast's to the girl with a heart and a smile.
Who makes this bubble of life worth while!
—Anon