Wine Bibber Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACA DEDEFAFA CGCGFAFAI would rather drink than eat | A |
And though I superbly sup | B |
Food I feel can never beat | A |
Delectation of the cup | B |
Wine it is that crowns the feast | C |
Fish and fowl and fancy meat | A |
Are of my delight the least | C |
I would rather drink than eat | A |
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Though no Puritan I be | D |
And have doubts of Kingdom Come | E |
With those fellows I agree | D |
Who deplore the Demon Rum | E |
Gin and brandy I decline | F |
And I shy at whisky neat | A |
But give me rare vintage wine | F |
Gad I'd rather drink than eat | A |
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Food surfeit is of the beast | C |
Wine is from the gods a gift | G |
All from prostitute to priest | C |
Can attest to its uplift | G |
Green and garnet glows the vine | F |
Grapes grow plump in happy heat | A |
Gold and ruby winks the wine | F |
Come Let's rather drink than eat | A |
Robert William Service
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