THE CONTEST OF WINE AND WATER. No. 51.

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The same precept, "Keep wine and water apart," is conveyed at the close of a lyric distinguished in other respects for the brutal passion of its drunken fervour. I have not succeeded in catching the rollicking swing of the original verse; and I may observe that the last two stanzas seem to form a separate song, although their metre is the same as that of the first four.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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