Anacreontic (the Wisest Men Are Fools In Wine) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GFGH IJK

The wisest men are fools in wineA
Experience makes us thinkB
Its magic spells are so divineA
We reason yet we drinkB
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How short's the longest life of manC
How soon its brightest laurels fadeD
Then as our life is but a spanC
Let all its hours be joyous madeD
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Wine o'er the ardent restless mindE
Entwines its poppy chainF
A solace then the wretched findE
In fictions of the brainF
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Oh as the charmed glass we sipG
We conquer care and painF
It woos like woman's dewy lipG
To kiss and come againH
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This Song has been admirably set to Music and Sung with greatI
success by MR HENRY PHILLIPS It is published by MORI andJ
LAVENU New Bond streetK

Thomas Gent



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