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

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Toasts and After Dinner Speeches

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May we have the unspeakable good fortune to win a true heart, and the Merit to keep it. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I '11 not look for wine. The thirst .that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sip, I would not change from thine. Here's to you, my dear, And to the dear that's not here, my dear; But if the dear that's not here, my dear, Were here, my dear, I'd not be drinking to you, my dear. 'Ere's to the 'ealth o' your Royal 'Ighness; hand may the skin o' ha gooseberry be big enough for han humbrella to cover hup hall your enemies.

Here's to the glass we so love to sip, It dries many a pensive tear, 'Tis not so sweet as a woman's lip But a d-- sight more sincere.

The American Eagle-The older he grows, the louder he screams and the higher he flies.

Its cannons swept the British decks, And wrecked the hope of England's Rex.