There is scarcely a crime before me that is not…

There is scarcely a crime before me that is not directly or indirectly caused by strong drink.

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John Duke Coleridge

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R-e-m-o-r-s-e,
Those dry Martinis were too much for me.
Last night I really felt immense,
To-day I feel like thirty cents;
It is no time for mirth and laughter
In the cold gray dawn of the morning after. - View Quote Details on R-e-m-o-r-s-e,
Those dry Martinis were too much for me.
Last night I…
Oh brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine! - View Quote Details on Oh brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of…
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. He that is drunk is not a man, because he is, for so long, void of reason that distinguishes a man from a beast. - View Quote Details on All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst…
The wine-cup is glad! Dear Zenophile’s lip
It boasts to have touched when she stooped down to sip.
Happy wine-cup! I wish that, with lips joined to mine,
All my soul at a draught she would drink up like wine. - View Quote Details on The wine-cup is glad! Dear Zenophile’s lip
It boasts to have…
The horse and mule live thirty years
And nothing know of wines and beers;
The goat and sheep at twenty die,
With never a taste of scotch or rye;
The cow drinks water by the ton,
And at eighteen is mostly done.
Without the aid of rum or gin
The dog at fifteen cashes in;
The cat in milk and water soaks,
And then at twelve years old it croaks;
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for nogs and dies at ten;
All animals are strictly dry;
They sinless live and swiftly die,
While sinful, gleeful, rum-soaked men
Survive for three score years and ten.
And some of us - a mighty few -
Stay pickled ’till we’re ninety-two. - View Quote Details on The horse and mule live thirty years
And nothing know of…