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What Shall We Drink?
Disguise the bondage as we will,
'Tis woman—woman rules us stillI
—Longfellow
To woman—once our superior, now our equal!
—Anon
Ho,a song by the fire, fill the pipes, pass the bowl
Ho,a song by the fire, with a skoal, with a skoal!
—Richard Hovey
Here's hoping you will live one thousand years;
Here's hoping I will live one thousand years less one day!
How could I live on that day
Knowing that you had passed away?
—Anon
Give a rouse, then, in the Maytine
For a life that knows no fear!
Turn nighttime into daytime
With the sunlight of good cheer!
For it's always fair weather.
When good fellows get together.
With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.
—Hovey
A peace to those who hate us,
A smile for those who love.
Patience for those who wait us.
And for cold hands a glove!
Here's to the black eye,the melting blue—
I cannot choose between the two!
—Holmes
Not the laurel—but the race.
Not the quarry—but the chase!
—Anon
To castles in the air—may they never vanish!
Here's to the girl with eyes of gray,
Whose sunny smile drives care away!
—Anon
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