Quaff The Glass, The Wine Is Red Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EDEDFGFG HIHIJIJI KDKDABAB| Quaff the glass the wine is red | A |
| And the rose of youth is glowing | B |
| While the toils of life are fled | A |
| And the snows of age are going | B |
| Quaff it with a hearty will | C |
| Quaff it deep and quaff forever | D |
| Wine will every sorrow kill | C |
| And destroy the pleasures never | D |
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| When the heart beats sad and low | E |
| Drink its gladness like a river | D |
| When the soul is weak with woe | E |
| Quaff and be a cheerful liver | D |
| Never never life despair | F |
| While a cup of hope is nigh thee | G |
| Bend not under loads of care | F |
| While the fount of joy is by thee | G |
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| If the fickle friendships end | H |
| And thy fortune be a sad one | I |
| Claim O claim as truest friend | H |
| Ruby wine the sweet and glad one | I |
| If thy love hath proven cold | J |
| Leave her leave her for the new one | I |
| Wine is never false for gold | J |
| Friend to friend a tried and true one | I |
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| Let the cynics curse and rave | K |
| This must be a life of pleasure | D |
| Fill a bumper He's the knave | K |
| Who would scorn joy's fullest measure | D |
| Quaff the glass the wine is red | A |
| Hour by hour the days are going | B |
| Wine is yet the fountain head | A |
| From which pleasure's tide is flowing | B |
Freeman E. Miller
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