The book Light And Shade was written by author Oswald Fergus Here you can read free online of Light And Shade book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Light And Shade a good or bad book?
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Fill once more, a toast I give ye, Kings are kings where'er they reign, " Here's a health to all true hearted, " In a glass of good Champagne. (Claret. } Bah ! its vapours how they whirl me 'Twixt a land of song and prose, Let me clear all dubious fancies With a draught of old " la Rose. " He's a blockhead who won't quaff it, Be it sun, or be it snow, If the Gods have blood within them, 'Tis first cousin to Bordeaux. Men and Gods, ye here are equal In the life blood of the grape, Giving Gods th...eir men-like follies, Giving men their God-like shape ; 'Tis a nectar to the wisest, And as wormwood to the knave, 64 IN PRAISE OF THE GRAPE Let us linger o'er its virtues, It deserves an honoured grave. (Port. } Now in dreamland I am wandering, In Lisboa's sunny clime; Mundane things are left behind me, And I keep no count of time. Time's for slaves, who, craven hearted, Strive with time to make a truce, Come, ye Fates, fill up our glasses With Oporto's glorious juice ! Robed in cobweb, aged and hoary, Why 'tis "most a sacred thing To be ranked in veneration With the life blood of a king; Royal liquor, rare as ruby, Who would plunder thee thy crown ?
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