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" And merry on the brain ; They say it stirs the sluggish blood. And dulls the tooth of pain. Ay — but within its glowing deeps A stinging serpent, unseen, sleeps. Its rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst ; And, by its mirth, within... "
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The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and Academies

Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...Its rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst; And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 8

1832 - 428 pages
...nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim '1 hat does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy lip — Let not its curse be thine : ' rii red and rich— but grief and wo Are hid those rosy depths...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 8

1832 - 424 pages
...Its rosy lights will turn to fire. Its coolness change to thirst; And, by lie mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim '1 hat does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup asble, And spill its purple wine; Take...
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Transatlantic Sketches: Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting ..., Volume 1

Sir James Edward Alexander - 1833 - 386 pages
...these fruitful sources of evil. INTEMPERANCE UNIFORM OF AMERICAN ARMY. 361 " Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy lip, Let not its curse be thine : 'Tis red and rich, but grief and wo, Are hid those rosy depths below."...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst ; And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy...
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The United States Speaker, a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst ; And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst ; And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy...
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The Fountain: A Temperance Gift

John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1847 - 284 pages
...Its coolness change to thirst ; And by its mirth within the brim A sleepless worm is nursed. There 's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food...madness to thy lips — Let not its curse be thine. 'T is red and rich, but grief and woe, Are hid those rosy depths below. THE GROG-SHOP. CHRISTIAN EXAMINER....
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The Poets of America: With Occasional Notes

George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pages
...rosy lights will turn to fire, Its coolness change to thirst ; And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. There's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine : Take not its madness to thy...
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The New American Speaker: A Collection of Oratorical and Dramatical Pieces ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...nursed. There 's not a bubble at the brim That does not carry food for him. Then dash the brimming cup aside, And spill its purple wine ; Take not its madness to thy lip — Let not its curse be thine. 'T is red and rich — but grief and woe Are in those rosy depths...
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