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.