1903 The Complete Buffet Guide or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks by V.B. Lewis

Toasts and A fter Dinner Speeches

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'.\fanned with heart s that are true To the Red, White and Blue They'll make all our foemen "walk Spanish."

Here's to the wings of love; May they never molt a feather, Until your little barque and my little barque, Sail down the stream of life together. Friend of my soul! this goblet sip– 'Twill chase the pensive tear; 'Tis not sweet as woman's lip, But, 0 ! 'tis more sincere.

Like her delusive beam, 'Twill steal away the mind, But unlike affection's dreams, It leaves no sting behind.

Here's to the press , the pulpit and the petticoat, The three ruling powers of the day; The first spreads ·knowledge, The second spreads morals And the third spreads over a multitude of sins. Sparkling anq. bright in the liquid light, Does the wine ·our goblets gleam in ; _ With hue as red as the rosy bed Which a bee would choose to dream in.