by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The delights of the bottle
Language: English
The delights of the bottle and the charms of good wine, To the power and pleasures of love must resign: Though the night in the joys of good drinking be past, The debauches but till the next morning will last. But love's great debauch is more lasting and strong; For that often lasts a man all his life long. Love and wine are the bonds that fasten us all, The world but for these to confusuion would fall; Were it not for the pleasure of love and good wine, Mankind for each trifle their lives would resign: They'd not value dull life, nor would live without thinking, Nor would kings rule the world, but for love and good drinking.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Matthew Locke (c1621 - 1677), "The delights of the bottle" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 119