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JRISH MELODIES, • 99 |
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DRINK OF THIS CUP.
Drink of this cup—you'll find there's a spell in
Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality — Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen,
Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality. Would you forget the dark world we are in,
Just taste of the bubble that gleams on the top of it; But would you rise above earth, till akin
To Immortals themselves, you must drain every drop of it. Send round the cup — for oh there's a spell in
Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality —• Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen,
Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality.
Never was philter form'd with such power
To charm and bewilder as this we are quaffing ; Its magic began when, in Autumn's rich hour,
A harvest of gold in the fields it stood laughing. There having, by Nature's enchantment, been fill'd
With the balm and the bloom of her kindliest weather This wonderful juice from its core was distill'd
To enliven such hearts as are here brought together. Then drink of the cup —'you'll find there's a spell in
Its every drop 'gainst the ills of mortality — Talk of the cordial that sparkled for Helen,
Her cup was a fiction, but this is reality, ' h 2 |
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