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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DRUNKEN MAN'S PRAISE OF SOBRIETY, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come swish around my petty punk Last Line: And all dead men are drunk Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Alcohol & Alcoholics | |||
Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill. Sobriety is a jewel That I do much adore; And therefore keep me dancing Though drunkards lie and snore. O mind your feet, O mind your feet, Keep dancing like a wave, And under every dancer A dead man in his grave. No ups and downs, my pretty, A mermaid, not a punk; A drunkard is a dead man, And all dead men are drunk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WORLD NARROWED TO A POINT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BRING US IN GOOD ALE by ANONYMOUS FLORIDUS: OF A DRUNKARD by ANONYMOUS IN MEMORIAM: TAMMY MESSER by ANONYMOUS JOLLY GOOD ALE AND OLD by ANONYMOUS KENTUCKY MOONSHINER by ANONYMOUS LAURIGER HORATIUS by ANONYMOUS ROGER CASEMENT (AFTER READING 'THE FORGED CASEMENT DIARIES') by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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