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A25262	Ames, Richard, d. 1693.	Fatal friendship, or, The Drunkards misery being a satyr against hard drinking / by the author of The search after Claret.	1693		.xml	application/xml	5337	187	74	Oft to a Tavern have I known go in , A knot of Friends to drink a Glass of Wine , In Love and Unity they all sit down , Now doubly welcome to each other grown ; To each Man's Health the Glass goes briskly round , And nought but Mirth and Jollity is found ; But when one Bottle ushers in another , And this Half Flask brings in his younger Brother : A Scene quite different appears , For now with Wine inflam'd each petty Jar , Will 'mongst these Friends create a Civil War ; Wine spilt by accident , an Health forgot , Or a Glass fill'd too full upon the Spot , Can set 'em altogether by the Ears ; Rascal , and Rogue , are words they use by turns , And each with Wine and Fury doubly burns ; Which , if too high wound up , perhaps proceeds , To throwing Bottles at each others Heads ; Then Swords from Scabbards are lugg'd out . But our bold Sons of Bacchus , here , Do in their practice openly appear ; Who , on you , when they force the Glass , or Cup , Pale Poyson , in Disguise of Wine you sup ; Yet think not Poyson from the Grape they press ; No , Wine 's a Cordial , till by lewd Excess , It does its kind refreshing Nature lose , And Death lies lurking in the noble Juyce : And can that Man be then my Friend , Who , because , Mithridates-like , He Poysons can digest ( for Wine 's no less , When swallow'd to a vast Excess ) Will unto me the fatal Draught commend .	cache/A25262.xml	txt/A25262.txt
